#5E252E#5E252E

#5E252E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.084 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E252E
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(351, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(351, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 51.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.34, 26.95, 7.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.34, 27.90, 14.96°)
OKLab	oklab(34.96% 0.0815 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(34.96% 0.084 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7712, 3.9007, 3.0332)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E252E #255E55

analogous

#5E254A #5E252E #5E3825

triadic

#5E252E #2E5E25 #252E5E

tetradic

#5E252E #4A5E25 #255E55 #38255E

square

#5E252E #4A5E25 #255E55 #38255E

split-complementary

#5E252E #255E38 #254A5E

monochromatic

#16090B #321419 #5E252E #8A3643 #B64859

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#5E252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5E252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E252E

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E252E	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31302E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#661D28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.084 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6266',
    500: '#5e252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e252e;
$custom-light: #8f6266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.526,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34962,
    "c": 0.08357,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E252E

secondary

#4D9187

accent

#D3BF55

background

#F9F5F6

surface

#F1EAEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0506

muted

#7E797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E252E

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

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