#5E2525#5E2525

#5E2525 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.084 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2525
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 37)
HSL	hsl(0, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 60.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 26.06, 13.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 29.13, 26.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.73% 0.0774 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(34.73% 0.084 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6121, 3.8371, 2.1950)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2525 #255E5E

analogous

#5E2541 #5E2525 #5E4125

triadic

#5E2525 #255E25 #25255E

tetradic

#5E2525 #415E25 #255E5E #41255E

square

#5E2525 #415E25 #255E5E #41255E

split-complementary

#5E2525 #255E41 #25415E

monochromatic

#160909 #321414 #5E2525 #8A3636 #B64848

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#5E2525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5E2525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2525

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2525	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)

#333025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671B26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.084 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90625f',
    500: '#5e2525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2525;
$custom-light: #90625f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34729,
    "c": 0.08378,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2525

secondary

#4D9191

accent

#D3D355

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0D0504

muted

#7E7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2525

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

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