#5E4248#5E4248

#5E4248 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.040 H 4.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4248
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 72)
HSL	hsl(347, 18%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(347, 30%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 23.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 13.14, 1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 13.20, 5.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.21% 0.0397 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(41.21% 0.04 4.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7341, 6.7444, 7.0241)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4248 #425E58

analogous

#5E4256 #5E4248 #5E4A42

triadic

#5E4248 #485E42 #42485E

tetradic

#5E4248 #565E42 #425E58 #4A425E

square

#5E4248 #565E42 #425E58 #4A425E

split-complementary

#5E4248 #425E4A #42565E

monochromatic

#161011 #3A292C #5E4248 #825B64 #A17982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#5E4248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5E4248 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4248

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4248	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.040 4.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c767a',
    500: '#5e4248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4248;
$custom-light: #8c767a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.143,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41209,
    "c": 0.0398,
    "h": 4.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4248

secondary

#6E8D87

accent

#BAAA6E

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EDED

border

#CBC8C8

text

#0C0809

muted

#7D7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4248

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

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