#5E272C#5E272C

#5E272C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.080 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E272C
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 41%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(355, 59%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 53.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.71, 25.63, 9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.71, 27.19, 19.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.0771 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.08 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7967, 4.0132, 2.8518)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E272C #275E59

analogous

#5E2747 #5E272C #5E3D27

triadic

#5E272C #2C5E27 #272C5E

tetradic

#5E272C #475E27 #275E59 #3D275E

square

#5E272C #475E27 #275E59 #3D275E

split-complementary

#5E272C #275E3D #27475E

monochromatic

#16090A #331518 #5E272C #893940 #B44B55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#5E272C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5E272C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E272C

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E272C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E272C	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33312C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671F29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e272c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.080 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6365',
    500: '#5e272c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e272c;
$custom-light: #8f6365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e272c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 41.353,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35227,
    "c": 0.08048,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E272C

secondary

#50918B

accent

#D1C657

background

#F9F6F6

surface

#F1EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0505

muted

#7E7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E272C

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

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