#542E27#542E27

#542E27 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.058 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E27
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 39)
HSL	hsl(9, 37%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(9, 54%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 53.6%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 16.55, 12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 20.47, 36.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.78% 0.0492 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(34.78% 0.058 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.9997, 3.9858, 2.4251)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E27 #274D54

analogous

#542737 #542E27 #544527

triadic

#542E27 #27542E #2E2754

tetradic

#542E27 #375427 #274D54 #452754

square

#542E27 #375427 #274D54 #452754

split-complementary

#542E27 #275445 #273754

monochromatic

#150B0A #2A1714 #542E27 #7E453A #A85C4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#542E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#542E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E27

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E27	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B282C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.058 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866761',
    500: '#542e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e27;
$custom-light: #866761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34785,
    "c": 0.05762,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E27

secondary

#507E87

accent

#BBCD5B

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E27

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

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