#5E261D#5E261D

#5E261D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.084 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E261D
RGB	rgb(94, 38, 29)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 69.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.19, 24.85, 18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.19, 30.94, 36.55°)
OKLab	oklab(34.73% 0.0721 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(34.73% 0.084 31)
XYZ	xyz(5.5315, 3.8553, 1.6150)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E261D #1D555E

analogous

#5E1D35 #5E261D #5E471D

triadic

#5E261D #1D5E26 #261D5E

tetradic

#5E261D #355E1D #1D555E #471D5E

square

#5E261D #355E1D #1D555E #471D5E

split-complementary

#5E261D #1D5E47 #1D355E

monochromatic

#170907 #2F130F #5E261D #8D392B #BC4C3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#5E261D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5E261D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E261D

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E261D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E261D	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34301C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423C1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671B24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e261d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 38, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.084 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906259',
    500: '#5e261d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e261d;
$custom-light: #906259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e261d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.308,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34727,
    "c": 0.0842,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.03855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E261D

secondary

#448893

accent

#C8DC4C

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E261D

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

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