#5E272E#5E272E

#5E272E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.081 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E272E
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(352, 41%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(352, 59%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 51.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.77, 25.84, 7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.77, 26.99, 16.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% 0.078 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.081 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8352, 4.0286, 3.0545)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E272E #275E57

analogous

#5E2749 #5E272E #5E3B27

triadic

#5E272E #2E5E27 #272E5E

tetradic

#5E272E #495E27 #275E57 #3B275E

square

#5E272E #495E27 #275E57 #3B275E

split-complementary

#5E272E #275E3B #27495E

monochromatic

#16090B #331519 #5E272E #893943 #B44B58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#5E272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5E272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E272E

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E272E	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33322E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66202A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.081 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6366',
    500: '#5e272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e272e;
$custom-light: #8f6366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.364,
    "s": 41.353,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35282,
    "c": 0.08053,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E272E

secondary

#509189

accent

#D1C257

background

#F9F6F6

surface

#F1EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0506

muted

#7E7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E272E

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