#5E4244#5E4244

#5E4244 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.039 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4244
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 68)
HSL	hsl(356, 18%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(356, 30%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 27.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 12.47, 3.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 12.98, 16.15°)
OKLab	oklab(41.08% 0.0379 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(41.08% 0.039 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6078, 6.6939, 6.3590)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4244 #425E5C

analogous

#5E4252 #5E4244 #5E4E42

triadic

#5E4244 #445E42 #42445E

tetradic

#5E4244 #525E42 #425E5C #4E425E

square

#5E4244 #525E42 #425E5C #4E425E

split-complementary

#5E4244 #425E4E #42525E

monochromatic

#161010 #3A292A #5E4244 #825B5E #A1797C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#5E4244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5E4244 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4244

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4244	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.039 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7677',
    500: '#5e4244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4244;
$custom-light: #8c7677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41079,
    "c": 0.03909,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4244

secondary

#6E8D8B

accent

#BAB56E

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EDED

border

#CBC8C8

text

#0C0808

muted

#7D7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4244

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

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