#5E4440#5E4440

#5E4440 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.037 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4440
RGB	rgb(94, 68, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 19%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(8, 32%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 31.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 10.57, 6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 12.57, 32.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.39% 0.0324 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(41.39% 0.037 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6088, 6.8845, 5.7776)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4440 #405A5E

analogous

#5E404B #5E4440 #5E5340

triadic

#5E4440 #405E44 #44405E

tetradic

#5E4440 #4B5E40 #405A5E #53405E

square

#5E4440 #4B5E40 #405A5E #53405E

split-complementary

#5E4440 #405E53 #404B5E

monochromatic

#150F0E #3A2A27 #5E4440 #825E59 #A27C76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#5E4440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5E4440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4440

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4440	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#644143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 68, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.037 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7874',
    500: '#5e4440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4440;
$custom-light: #8c7874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41385,
    "c": 0.03687,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4440

secondary

#6C898D

accent

#B1BC6C

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EDED

border

#CBC8C8

text

#0C0808

muted

#7D7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4440

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

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