#5E271C#5E271C

#5E271C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.083 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E271C
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 28)
HSL	hsl(10, 54%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 70.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.39, 24.22, 19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.39, 30.98, 38.58°)
OKLab	oklab(34.88% 0.07 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(34.88% 0.083 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5517, 3.9153, 1.5617)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E271C #1C535E

analogous

#5E1C32 #5E271C #5E481C

triadic

#5E271C #1C5E27 #271C5E

tetradic

#5E271C #325E1C #1C535E #481C5E

square

#5E271C #325E1C #1C535E #481C5E

split-complementary

#5E271C #1C5E48 #1C325E

monochromatic

#180A07 #2F130E #5E271C #8D3B2A #BC4E38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#5E271C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5E271C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E271C

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E271C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E271C	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)

#35301B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671C25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e271c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.083 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906358',
    500: '#5e271c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e271c;
$custom-light: #906358;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e271c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34875,
    "c": 0.08332,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E271C

secondary

#428693

accent

#C5DD4A

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E271C

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

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