#5E271B#5E271B

#5E271B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.084 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E271B
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 24.15, 19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 31.32, 39.55°)
OKLab	oklab(34.86% 0.0695 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(34.86% 0.084 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.5400, 3.9105, 1.4998)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E271B #1B525E

analogous

#5E1B30 #5E271B #5E481B

triadic

#5E271B #1B5E27 #271B5E

tetradic

#5E271B #305E1B #1B525E #481B5E

square

#5E271B #305E1B #1B525E #481B5E

split-complementary

#5E271B #1B5E48 #1B305E

monochromatic

#180A07 #2E130D #5E271B #8E3B29 #BD4E36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#5E271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5E271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E271B

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E271B	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35301A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671C24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.084 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906357',
    500: '#5e271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e271b;
$custom-light: #906357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.746,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34858,
    "c": 0.08363,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E271B

secondary

#418594

accent

#C4DF49

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E271B

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

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