#5C4440#5C4440

#5C4440 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.034 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C4440
RGB	rgb(92, 68, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 18%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(9, 30%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 30.4%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 9.68, 6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 11.63, 33.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% 0.0297 0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.034 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4063, 6.7801, 5.7681)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C4440 #40585C

analogous

#5C404A #5C4440 #5C5240

triadic

#5C4440 #405C44 #44405C

tetradic

#5C4440 #4A5C40 #40585C #52405C

square

#5C4440 #4A5C40 #40585C #52405C

split-complementary

#5C4440 #405C52 #404A5C

monochromatic

#140F0E #382927 #5C4440 #805F59 #A07C76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#5C4440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#5C4440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C4440

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C4440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C4440	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c4440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 68, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.034 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7874',
    500: '#5c4440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c4440;
$custom-light: #8b7874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c4440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41143,
    "c": 0.03411,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C4440

secondary

#6C878B

accent

#B0BB6D

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EDED

border

#CBC8C8

text

#0C0808

muted

#7D7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C4440

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

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