#5E271A#5E271A

#5E271A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.084 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E271A
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 26)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 72.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 24.08, 20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 31.67, 40.49°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.0691 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.084 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.5286, 3.9060, 1.4399)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E271A #1A515E

analogous

#5E1A2F #5E271A #5E491A

triadic

#5E271A #1A5E27 #271A5E

tetradic

#5E271A #2F5E1A #1A515E #491A5E

square

#5E271A #2F5E1A #1A515E #491A5E

split-complementary

#5E271A #1A5E49 #1A2F5E

monochromatic

#180A07 #2E130D #5E271A #8E3B27 #BE4F35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#5E271A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5E271A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E271A

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E271A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E271A	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)

#363019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#681C24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e271a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.084 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906357',
    500: '#5e271a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e271a;
$custom-light: #906357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e271a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.471,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34841,
    "c": 0.08396,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E271A

secondary

#408494

accent

#C3E048

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E271A

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

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