#5A4448#5A4448

#5A4448 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.031 H 6.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4448
RGB	rgb(90, 68, 72)
HSL	hsl(349, 14%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(349, 24%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 20%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, 10.17, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 10.25, 6.99°)
OKLab	oklab(41.16% 0.0307 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(41.16% 0.031 6.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4533, 6.7761, 7.0449)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4448 #445A56

analogous

#5A4453 #5A4448 #5A4B44

triadic

#5A4448 #485A44 #44485A

tetradic

#5A4448 #535A44 #445A56 #4B445A

square

#5A4448 #535A44 #445A56 #4B445A

split-complementary

#5A4448 #445A4B #44535A

monochromatic

#140F10 #372A2C #5A4448 #7D5E64 #9C7C82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#5A4448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#5A4448 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4448

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4448	1.00	8.92	2.36	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E4345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 68, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.031 6.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89787a',
    500: '#5a4448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4448;
$custom-light: #89787a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 13.924,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41157,
    "c": 0.03089,
    "h": 6.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4448

secondary

#718985

accent

#B7AA71

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EDED

border

#CBC8C8

text

#0B0809

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4448

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

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