#5A4040#5A4040

#5A4040 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.036 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4040
RGB	rgb(90, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 17%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(0, 29%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 28.9%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, 11.33, 4.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 12.18, 21.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.03% 0.0345 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(40.03% 0.036 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9754, 6.2110, 5.6809)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4040 #405A5A

analogous

#5A404D #5A4040 #5A4D40

triadic

#5A4040 #405A40 #40405A

tetradic

#5A4040 #4D5A40 #405A5A #4D405A

square

#5A4040 #4D5A40 #405A5A #4D405A

split-complementary

#5A4040 #405A4D #404D5A

monochromatic

#120D0D #362727 #5A4040 #7E5959 #9E7676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#5A4040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#5A4040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4040

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4040	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F3D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.036 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897574',
    500: '#5a4040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4040;
$custom-light: #897574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40034,
    "c": 0.03648,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4040

secondary

#6C8989

accent

#BABA6E

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EDED

border

#CBC8C8

text

#0B0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4040

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

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