#5E271D#5E271D

#5E271D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.083 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E271D
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 29)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 69.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.41, 24.29, 18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.41, 30.65, 37.58°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0704 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.083 32)
XYZ	xyz(5.5639, 3.9201, 1.6258)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E271D #1D545E

analogous

#5E1D34 #5E271D #5E481D

triadic

#5E271D #1D5E27 #271D5E

tetradic

#5E271D #345E1D #1D545E #481D5E

square

#5E271D #345E1D #1D545E #481D5E

split-complementary

#5E271D #1D5E48 #1D345E

monochromatic

#170A07 #2F140F #5E271D #8D3A2B #BC4E3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#5E271D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5E271D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E271D

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E271D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E271D	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35301C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433C1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671C25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e271d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.083 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906359',
    500: '#5e271d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e271d;
$custom-light: #906359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e271d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34892,
    "c": 0.08301,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.03919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E271D

secondary

#448793

accent

#C6DC4C

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E271D

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

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