#5E252F#5E252F

#5E252F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.084 H 11.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E252F
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 47)
HSL	hsl(349, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(349, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 50%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 27.06, 6.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 27.85, 13.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.082 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.084 11.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7912, 3.9087, 3.1383)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E252F #255E54

analogous

#5E254B #5E252F #5E3725

triadic

#5E252F #2F5E25 #252F5E

tetradic

#5E252F #4B5E25 #255E54 #37255E

square

#5E252F #4B5E25 #255E54 #37255E

split-complementary

#5E252F #255E37 #254B5E

monochromatic

#16090B #321419 #5E252F #8A3645 #B6485B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#5E252F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5E252F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E252F

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E252F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E252F	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31312F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#661E29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e252f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.084 11.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6267',
    500: '#5e252f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e252f;
$custom-light: #8f6267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e252f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.474,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3499,
    "c": 0.08367,
    "h": 11.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E252F

secondary

#4D9185

accent

#D3BD55

background

#F9F5F6

surface

#F1EAEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0506

muted

#7E797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E252F

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

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