#542E2E#542E2E

#542E2E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.056 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E2E
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(0, 29%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(0, 45%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 45.2%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.79, 17.40, 7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.79, 18.98, 23.54°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0525 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.056 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1266, 4.0365, 3.0934)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E2E #2E5454

analogous

#542E41 #542E2E #54412E

triadic

#542E2E #2E542E #2E2E54

tetradic

#542E2E #41542E #2E5454 #412E54

square

#542E2E #41542E #2E5454 #412E54

split-complementary

#542E2E #2E5441 #2E4154

monochromatic

#140B0B #2C1818 #542E2E #7C4444 #A35959

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#542E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#542E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E2E

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E2E	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36342E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B292E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.056 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866766',
    500: '#542e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e2e;
$custom-light: #866766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 29.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34968,
    "c": 0.056,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E2E

secondary

#588686

accent

#C5C562

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E2E

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

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