#5E4A44#5E4A44

#5E4A44 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.029 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4A44
RGB	rgb(94, 74, 68)
HSL	hsl(14, 16%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(14, 28%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 27.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 7.44, 6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 10.08, 42.43°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.0231 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.029 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1084, 7.6949, 6.5259)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4A44 #44585E

analogous

#5E444B #5E4A44 #5E5744

triadic

#5E4A44 #445E4A #4A445E

tetradic

#5E4A44 #4B5E44 #44585E #57445E

square

#5E4A44 #4B5E44 #44585E #57445E

split-complementary

#5E4A44 #445E57 #444B5E

monochromatic

#171211 #3A2E2A #5E4A44 #82665E #A0847C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#5E4A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5E4A44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4A44

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4A44	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 74, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.029 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7c77',
    500: '#5e4a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4a44;
$custom-light: #8c7c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42815,
    "c": 0.0291,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4A44

secondary

#71878D

accent

#A8B96F

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEED

border

#CBC9C8

text

#0C0908

muted

#7D7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4A44

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

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