#5E2818#5E2818

#5E2818 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.084 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2818
RGB	rgb(94, 40, 24)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 74.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.55, 23.38, 22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.55, 32.14, 43.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.0665 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.084 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.5403, 3.9639, 1.3373)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2818 #184E5E

analogous

#5E182B #5E2818 #5E4B18

triadic

#5E2818 #185E28 #28185E

tetradic

#5E2818 #2B5E18 #184E5E #4B185E

square

#5E2818 #2B5E18 #184E5E #4B185E

split-complementary

#5E2818 #185E4B #182B5E

monochromatic

#180A06 #2D130C #5E2818 #8F3D24 #C05131

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#5E2818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5E2818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2818

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2818	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443D17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#681D24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 40, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.084 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906355',
    500: '#5e2818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2818;
$custom-light: #906355;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34979,
    "c": 0.08356,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2818

secondary

#3D8194

accent

#BFE345

background

#F9F6F5

surface

#F2EBE8

border

#CCC6C4

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2818

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

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