#5E291B#5E291B

#5E291B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.081 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E291B
RGB	rgb(94, 41, 27)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.82, 23.00, 20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.82, 30.80, 41.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.066 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.081 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6074, 4.0454, 1.5222)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E291B #1B505E

analogous

#5E1B2E #5E291B #5E4A1B

triadic

#5E291B #1B5E29 #291B5E

tetradic

#5E291B #2E5E1B #1B505E #4A1B5E

square

#5E291B #2E5E1B #1B505E #4A1B5E

split-complementary

#5E291B #1B5E4A #1B2E5E

monochromatic

#180A07 #2E140D #5E291B #8E3E29 #BD5236

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#5E291B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5E291B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E291B

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E291B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E291B	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37321A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671F26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e291b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 41, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.081 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906457',
    500: '#5e291b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e291b;
$custom-light: #906457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e291b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.537,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35197,
    "c": 0.0814,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E291B

secondary

#418294

accent

#BFDF49

background

#F9F6F5

surface

#F2EBE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E291B

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

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