#5E242E#5E242E

#5E242E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.085 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E242E
RGB	rgb(94, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(350, 45%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(350, 62%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 51.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 27.50, 6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 28.35, 14.11°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.0832 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.085 12)
XYZ	xyz(5.7405, 3.8394, 3.0230)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E242E #245E54

analogous

#5E244B #5E242E #5E3724

triadic

#5E242E #2E5E24 #242E5E

tetradic

#5E242E #4B5E24 #245E54 #37245E

square

#5E242E #4B5E24 #245E54 #37245E

split-complementary

#5E242E #245E37 #244B5E

monochromatic

#16080B #321318 #5E242E #8A3544 #B74659

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#5E242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5E242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E242E

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E242E	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30302E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.085 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6166',
    500: '#5e242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e242e;
$custom-light: #8f6166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.655,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34806,
    "c": 0.08509,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.03839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E242E

secondary

#4C9286

accent

#D4BE53

background

#F9F5F6

surface

#F1EAEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0506

muted

#7E797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E242E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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