#5E281F#5E281F

#5E281F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.081 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E281F
RGB	rgb(94, 40, 31)
HSL	hsl(9, 50%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 67%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 23.87, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 29.72, 36.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.1% 0.0695 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(35.1% 0.081 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6227, 3.9969, 1.7714)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E281F #1F555E

analogous

#5E1F36 #5E281F #5E481F

triadic

#5E281F #1F5E28 #281F5E

tetradic

#5E281F #365E1F #1F555E #481F5E

square

#5E281F #365E1F #1F555E #481F5E

split-complementary

#5E281F #1F5E48 #1F365E

monochromatic

#170A08 #301410 #5E281F #8C3C2E #BA4F3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#5E281F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5E281F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E281F

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E281F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E281F	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36311E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433D1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671E26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e281f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 40, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.081 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90645a',
    500: '#5e281f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e281f;
$custom-light: #90645a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e281f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35097,
    "c": 0.08123,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E281F

secondary

#468893

accent

#C6DA4E

background

#F9F6F5

surface

#F1EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0D0504

muted

#7E7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E281F

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

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