#5E261B#5E261B

#5E261B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.085 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E261B
RGB	rgb(94, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(10, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 24.71, 19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 31.59, 38.53°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.0713 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.085 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.5076, 3.8457, 1.4890)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E261B #1B535E

analogous

#5E1B31 #5E261B #5E471B

triadic

#5E261B #1B5E26 #261B5E

tetradic

#5E261B #315E1B #1B535E #471B5E

square

#5E261B #315E1B #1B535E #471B5E

split-complementary

#5E261B #1B5E47 #1B315E

monochromatic

#180A07 #2E130D #5E261B #8E3929 #BD4C36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#5E261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5E261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E261B

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E261B	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35301A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#681B24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.085 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906257',
    500: '#5e261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e261b;
$custom-light: #906257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.851,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34692,
    "c": 0.08478,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E261B

secondary

#418694

accent

#C6DF49

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E261B

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

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