#542E2B#542E2B

#542E2B is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.056 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E2B
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(4, 32%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(4, 49%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 48.8%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 17.02, 9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 19.49, 29.16°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0511 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.056 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0695, 4.0137, 2.7928)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E2B #2B5154

analogous

#542B3D #542E2B #54422B

triadic

#542E2B #2B542E #2E2B54

tetradic

#542E2B #3D542B #2B5154 #422B54

square

#542E2B #3D542B #2B5154 #422B54

split-complementary

#542E2B #2B5442 #2B3D54

monochromatic

#140B0A #2C1816 #542E2B #7C4440 #A55A54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#542E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#542E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E2B

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E2B	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36342B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B292D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.056 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866764',
    500: '#542e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e2b;
$custom-light: #866764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.39,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34886,
    "c": 0.05648,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E2B

secondary

#558386

accent

#C1C85F

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E2B

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

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