#5E4240#5E4240

#5E4240 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.039 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4240
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 19%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(4, 32%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 31.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.99, 11.83, 6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.99, 13.27, 27.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% 0.0361 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.039 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4899, 6.6467, 5.7379)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4240 #405C5E

analogous

#5E404D #5E4240 #5E5140

triadic

#5E4240 #405E42 #42405E

tetradic

#5E4240 #4D5E40 #405C5E #51405E

square

#5E4240 #4D5E40 #405C5E #51405E

split-complementary

#5E4240 #405E51 #404D5E

monochromatic

#150F0E #3A2827 #5E4240 #825C59 #A27976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#5E4240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5E4240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4240

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4240	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.039 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7674',
    500: '#5e4240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4240;
$custom-light: #8c7674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40957,
    "c": 0.03937,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4240

secondary

#6C8B8D

accent

#B6BC6C

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EDED

border

#CBC8C8

text

#0C0808

muted

#7D7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4240

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

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