#5E4A48#5E4A48

#5E4A48 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.028 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4A48
RGB	rgb(94, 74, 72)
HSL	hsl(5, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 23.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 8.11, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 9.23, 28.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.025 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.028 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2346, 7.7454, 7.1909)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4A48 #485C5E

analogous

#5E4851 #5E4A48 #5E5548

triadic

#5E4A48 #485E4A #4A485E

tetradic

#5E4A48 #515E48 #485C5E #55485E

square

#5E4A48 #515E48 #485C5E #55485E

split-complementary

#5E4A48 #485E55 #48515E

monochromatic

#191313 #3B2F2D #5E4A48 #816563 #9F8482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#5E4A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5E4A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4A48

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4A48	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4C48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63484A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 74, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.028 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7c7a',
    500: '#5e4a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4a48;
$custom-light: #8c7c7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42935,
    "c": 0.02753,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4A48

secondary

#758A8D

accent

#B0B672

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEED

border

#CBC9C8

text

#0C0909

muted

#7D7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4A48

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