#542E2F#542E2F

#542E2F is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.056 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E2F
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 47)
HSL	hsl(358, 29%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(358, 45%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 44%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.82, 17.53, 6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.82, 18.85, 21.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35% 0.053 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(35% 0.056 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1465, 4.0445, 3.1984)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E2F #2E5453

analogous

#542E42 #542E2F #54402E

triadic

#542E2F #2F542E #2E2F54

tetradic

#542E2F #42542E #2E5453 #402E54

square

#542E2F #42542E #2E5453 #402E54

split-complementary

#542E2F #2E5440 #2E4254

monochromatic

#140B0B #2C1819 #542E2F #7C4445 #A3595B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#542E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#542E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E2F

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E2F	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36342F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2A2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.056 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866767',
    500: '#542e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e2f;
$custom-light: #866767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.421,
    "s": 29.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34997,
    "c": 0.05592,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E2F

secondary

#588684

accent

#C5C362

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E2F

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

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