#5E281B#5E281B

#5E281B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.083 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E281B
RGB	rgb(94, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.60, 23.58, 20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.60, 31.05, 40.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0678 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.083 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.5732, 3.9771, 1.5109)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E281B #1B515E

analogous

#5E1B2F #5E281B #5E491B

triadic

#5E281B #1B5E28 #281B5E

tetradic

#5E281B #2F5E1B #1B515E #491B5E

square

#5E281B #2F5E1B #1B515E #491B5E

split-complementary

#5E281B #1B5E49 #1B2F5E

monochromatic

#180A07 #2E140D #5E281B #8E3C29 #BD5036

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#5E281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5E281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E281B

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E281B	1.00	11.70	1.80	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36311A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671D25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.083 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906357',
    500: '#5e281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e281b;
$custom-light: #906357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.642,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35026,
    "c": 0.08251,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E281B

secondary

#418494

accent

#C2DF49

background

#F9F6F5

surface

#F2EBE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E281B

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

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