#5E271E#5E271E

#5E271E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.083 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E271E
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 68.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.42, 24.36, 18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.42, 30.33, 36.55°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0708 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.083 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5765, 3.9251, 1.6920)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E271E #1E555E

analogous

#5E1E35 #5E271E #5E471E

triadic

#5E271E #1E5E27 #271E5E

tetradic

#5E271E #355E1E #1E555E #471E5E

square

#5E271E #355E1E #1E555E #471E5E

split-complementary

#5E271E #1E5E47 #1E355E

monochromatic

#170A07 #30140F #5E271E #8C3A2D #BB4D3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#5E271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5E271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E271E

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E271E	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)

#35301D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671D25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.083 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90635a',
    500: '#5e271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e271e;
$custom-light: #90635a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.438,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3491,
    "c": 0.08272,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E271E

secondary

#458893

accent

#C7DB4D

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E271E

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

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