#5E2829#5E2829

#5E2829 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.079 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2829
RGB	rgb(94, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(359, 40%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(359, 57%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 56.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 24.75, 11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 27.21, 24.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.32% 0.074 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(35.32% 0.079 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7756, 4.0580, 2.5765)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2829 #285E5D

analogous

#5E2844 #5E2829 #5E4228

triadic

#5E2829 #295E28 #28295E

tetradic

#5E2829 #445E28 #285E5D #42285E

square

#5E2829 #445E28 #285E5D #42285E

split-complementary

#5E2829 #285E42 #28445E

monochromatic

#150909 #331616 #5E2829 #893A3C #B34D4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#5E2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5E2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2829

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2829	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#672029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.079 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6462',
    500: '#5e2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2829;
$custom-light: #8f6462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.889,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35315,
    "c": 0.07917,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2829

secondary

#519190

accent

#D0CE58

background

#F9F6F5

surface

#F1EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0505

muted

#7E7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2829

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

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