#5C4040#5C4040

#5C4040 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.039 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C4040
RGB	rgb(92, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 18%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(0, 30%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 30.4%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.19, 12.21, 4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.19, 13.14, 21.71°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% 0.0372 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.039 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1726, 6.3127, 5.6902)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C4040 #405C5C

analogous

#5C404E #5C4040 #5C4E40

triadic

#5C4040 #405C40 #40405C

tetradic

#5C4040 #4E5C40 #405C5C #4E405C

square

#5C4040 #4E5C40 #405C5C #4E405C

split-complementary

#5C4040 #405C4E #404E5C

monochromatic

#140E0E #382727 #5C4040 #805959 #A07676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#5C4040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#5C4040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C4040

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C4040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C4040	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#623D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c4040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.039 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7574',
    500: '#5c4040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c4040;
$custom-light: #8b7574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c4040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40282,
    "c": 0.03931,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C4040

secondary

#6C8B8B

accent

#BBBB6D

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EDED

border

#CBC8C8

text

#0C0808

muted

#7D7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C4040

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

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