#5E252C#5E252C

#5E252C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.083 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E252C
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 44)
HSL	hsl(353, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(353, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 53.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 26.74, 8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 28.05, 17.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0806 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.083 15)
XYZ	xyz(5.7327, 3.8853, 2.8304)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E252C #255E57

analogous

#5E2548 #5E252C #5E3A25

triadic

#5E252C #2C5E25 #252C5E

tetradic

#5E252C #485E25 #255E57 #3A255E

square

#5E252C #485E25 #255E57 #3A255E

split-complementary

#5E252C #255E3A #25485E

monochromatic

#16090A #321417 #5E252C #8A3641 #B64855

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#5E252C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5E252C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E252C

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E252C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E252C	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32302C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671D28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e252c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.083 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6264',
    500: '#5e252c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e252c;
$custom-light: #8f6264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e252c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.632,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34906,
    "c": 0.08344,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.03885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E252C

secondary

#4D9189

accent

#D3C455

background

#F9F5F6

surface

#F1EAEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0505

muted

#7E797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E252C

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

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