#5E251B#5E251B

#5E251B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.086 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E251B
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.94, 25.27, 19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.94, 31.87, 37.55°)
OKLab	oklab(34.53% 0.073 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(34.53% 0.086 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4760, 3.7827, 1.4785)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E251B #1B545E

analogous

#5E1B32 #5E251B #5E461B

triadic

#5E251B #1B5E25 #251B5E

tetradic

#5E251B #325E1B #1B545E #461B5E

square

#5E251B #325E1B #1B545E #461B5E

split-complementary

#5E251B #1B5E46 #1B325E

monochromatic

#180907 #2E120D #5E251B #8E3829 #BD4A36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#5E251B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5E251B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E251B

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E251B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E251B	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#342F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#681A23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e251b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.086 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906257',
    500: '#5e251b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e251b;
$custom-light: #906257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e251b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.955,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34529,
    "c": 0.08595,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E251B

secondary

#418794

accent

#C8DF49

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E251B

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

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