#542E2D#542E2D

#542E2D is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.056 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E2D
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 45)
HSL	hsl(2, 30%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(2, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 46.4%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.77, 17.27, 8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.77, 19.13, 25.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0521 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.056 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1071, 4.0287, 2.9908)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E2D #2D5354

analogous

#542D3F #542E2D #54412D

triadic

#542E2D #2D542E #2E2D54

tetradic

#542E2D #3F542D #2D5354 #412D54

square

#542E2D #3F542D #2D5354 #412D54

split-complementary

#542E2D #2D5441 #2D3F54

monochromatic

#140B0B #2C1818 #542E2D #7C4442 #A45A58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#542E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#542E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E2D

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E2D	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36342D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B292E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.056 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866765',
    500: '#542e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e2d;
$custom-light: #866765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.538,
    "s": 30.233,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3494,
    "c": 0.05612,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E2D

secondary

#578586

accent

#C4C661

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E2D

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

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