HEX atlas value

#541E2E

#541E2E is a warm pink HEX color nearest Merlot. RGB 84, 30, 46, HSL 342° 47% 22%, luminance 0.0301; view contrast and conversions.

pink warm dark

#541E2E Sample readable text

HEX #541E2E

RGB rgb(84, 30, 46)

HSL hsl(342 47% 22%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 64, 45, 67)

Luminance 0.0301

Contrast Black 1.6:1White 13.11:1

CSS

--color-541e2e: #541E2E;
.background-541e2e { background-color: #541E2E; }
.text-541e2e { color: #541E2E; }

HEX meaning and use

About #541E2E

#541E2E is classified as a warm pink value with dark visual character. #541E2E is visually closest to Merlot, a named pink color with HEX #541E2E.

The RGB channels are 84, 30, and 46, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 342deg with 47% saturation and 22% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and dark theme accents. Its luminance is 0.0301, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text1.6:1AA Fail

White text13.11:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #541E2E needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000001.6:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF13.11:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#0F0508#0F0508 · #FFFFFF text · best 20.08:1 #5F1129#5F1129 · #FFFFFF text · best 13.14:1 #462A32#462A32 · #FFFFFF text · best 12.82:1 #521E48#521E48 · #FFFFFF text · best 12.82:1 #52281E#52281E · #FFFFFF text · best 12.49:1

Generated Palette

Merlot#541E2E

#1E5243#1E5243

#521E48#521E48

#52281E#52281E

#963653#963653

#0F0508#0F0508

Color Harmonies

#1E5243#1E5243

#521E48#521E48

#52281E#52281E

#2E521E#2E521E

#1E2E52#1E2E52

Variants

#963653#963653

#0F0508#0F0508

#5F1129#5F1129

#462A32#462A32

#9E5169#9E5169

#99002E#99002E

Nearest Named Colors

Merlot#541E2E

Garnet Red#6E1F26

Pine Bark#4A3728

Espresso#4B3621

Bark#5B3A29

Luminance0.0301

Black text1.6:1AA Fail

White text13.11:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#541E2E","rgb":[84,30,46],"hsl":[342,47,22],"cmyk":[0,64,45,67],"luminance":0.0301,"contrast":{"black":1.6,"white":13.11}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":1.6,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":13.11,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#0F0508","hex":"#0F0508","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.05,"contrastWhite":20.08,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#5F1129","hex":"#5F1129","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.6,"contrastWhite":13.14,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#462A32","hex":"#462A32","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.64,"contrastWhite":12.82,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#521E48","hex":"#521E48","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.64,"contrastWhite":12.82,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#52281E","hex":"#52281E","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.68,"contrastWhite":12.49,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm pink","dark","dark pink","Merlot adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","dark theme accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/541e2e.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/merlot.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/garnet-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pine-bark.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#1E5243","analogous":["#521E48","#52281E"],"triadic":["#2E521E","#1E2E52"],"tetradic":["#48521E","#1E5243","#281E52"],"splitComplementary":["#1E5228","#1E4852"],"monochromatic":["#963653","#541E2E","#0F0508"]}

Variants

{"light":"#963653","dark":"#0F0508","saturated":"#5F1129","desaturated":"#462A32","pastel":"#9E5169","neon":"#99002E"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"merlot","name":"Merlot","hex":"#541E2E","distance":0},{"slug":"garnet-red","name":"Garnet Red","hex":"#6E1F26","distance":27.2213151776324},{"slug":"pine-bark","name":"Pine Bark","hex":"#4A3728","distance":27.586228448267445},{"slug":"espresso","name":"Espresso","hex":"#4B3621","distance":28.74021572639983},{"slug":"bark","name":"Bark","hex":"#5B3A29","distance":29.29163703175362}]

#541E2E

CSS

About #541E2E

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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