#5E261E#5E261E

#5E261E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.084 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E261E
RGB	rgb(94, 38, 30)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 68.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.20, 24.93, 17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.20, 30.62, 35.52°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.0726 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.084 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5441, 3.8603, 1.6812)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E261E #1E565E

analogous

#5E1E36 #5E261E #5E461E

triadic

#5E261E #1E5E26 #261E5E

tetradic

#5E261E #365E1E #1E565E #461E5E

square

#5E261E #365E1E #1E565E #461E5E

split-complementary

#5E261E #1E5E46 #1E365E

monochromatic

#170907 #30130F #5E261E #8C392D #BB4C3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#5E261E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5E261E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E261E

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E261E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E261E	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34301D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671B24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e261e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 38, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.084 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90625a',
    500: '#5e261e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e261e;
$custom-light: #90625a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e261e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34745,
    "c": 0.08392,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E261E

secondary

#458993

accent

#C9DB4D

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E261E

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

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