#5E3940 — Deep Crimson

#5E3940 is a deep crimson in the Crimson family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty medium-dark brick red, and it is also commonly known as Brick Red, Oxblood. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#5E3940 color swatch, deep crimson#5E3940
CSS Namedarkslategray (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f8f4f5
100#efe8e9
200#e4d5d7
300#d3b8bc
400#bd979d
500#aa7d85
600#976c73
700#7f585f
800#6a494f
900#5a3d42
950#362326

Accessibility

Contrast on white
9.84:1
Contrast on black
2.14:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whitePass
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • UI components (3:1) on whitePass

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.004 7.5); /* #f8f4f5 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.008 7.5); /* #efe8e9 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.017 7.5); /* #e4d5d7 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.031 7.5); /* #d3b8bc */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.047 7.5); /* #bd979d */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.056 7.5); /* #aa7d85 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.055 7.5); /* #976c73 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.052 7.5); /* #7f585f */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.046 7.5); /* #6a494f */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.041 7.5); /* #5a3d42 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.029 7.5); /* #362326 */
}

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