#5E4848#5E4848

#5E4848 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.030 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4848
RGB	rgb(94, 72, 72)
HSL	hsl(0, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(0, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 23.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.88, 9.37, 3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.88, 10.03, 21.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.0286 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.03 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1032, 7.4826, 7.1471)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4848 #485E5E

analogous

#5E4853 #5E4848 #5E5348

triadic

#5E4848 #485E48 #48485E

tetradic

#5E4848 #535E48 #485E5E #53485E

square

#5E4848 #535E48 #485E5E #53485E

split-complementary

#5E4848 #485E53 #48535E

monochromatic

#191313 #3B2D2D #5E4848 #816363 #9F8282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#5E4848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#5E4848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4848

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4848	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 72, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.030 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7b7a',
    500: '#5e4848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4848;
$custom-light: #8c7b7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42495,
    "c": 0.03016,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4848

secondary

#758D8D

accent

#B6B672

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EDED

border

#CBC8C8

text

#0C0909

muted

#7D7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4848

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

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