#542E2C#542E2C

#542E2C is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.056 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E2C
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 44)
HSL	hsl(3, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(3, 48%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 47.6%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 17.14, 8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 19.30, 27.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0516 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.056 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0881, 4.0211, 2.8906)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E2C #2C5254

analogous

#542C3E #542E2C #54422C

triadic

#542E2C #2C542E #2E2C54

tetradic

#542E2C #3E542C #2C5254 #422C54

square

#542E2C #3E542C #2C5254 #422C54

split-complementary

#542E2C #2C5442 #2C3E54

monochromatic

#140B0B #2C1817 #542E2C #7C4441 #A45A56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#542E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#542E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E2C

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E2C	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36342C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B292E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.056 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866765',
    500: '#542e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e2c;
$custom-light: #866765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34913,
    "c": 0.05628,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E2C

secondary

#568486

accent

#C2C760

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E2C

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

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