#5E2819#5E2819

#5E2819 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.083 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2819
RGB	rgb(94, 40, 25)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 73.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 23.45, 21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 31.77, 42.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.067 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.083 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5509, 3.9681, 1.3931)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2819 #194F5E

analogous

#5E192C #5E2819 #5E4A19

triadic

#5E2819 #195E28 #28195E

tetradic

#5E2819 #2C5E19 #194F5E #4A195E

square

#5E2819 #2C5E19 #194F5E #4A195E

split-complementary

#5E2819 #195E4A #192C5E

monochromatic

#180A06 #2E130C #5E2819 #8E3D26 #BF5133

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#5E2819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5E2819 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2819

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2819	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)

#363117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443D18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#681D25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 40, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.083 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906356',
    500: '#5e2819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2819;
$custom-light: #906356;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34994,
    "c": 0.08321,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2819

secondary

#3F8294

accent

#C0E147

background

#F9F6F5

surface

#F2EBE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2819

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

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