#5E4E50#5E4E50

#5E4E50 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.022 H 9.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E50
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(353, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 14.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.82, 7.05, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.82, 7.17, 10.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.08% 0.0214 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(44.08% 0.022 9.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7884, 8.4079, 8.7478)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E50 #4E5E5C

analogous

#5E4E58 #5E4E50 #5E544E

triadic

#5E4E50 #505E4E #4E505E

tetradic

#5E4E50 #585E4E #4E5E5C #544E5E

square

#5E4E50 #585E4E #4E5E5C #544E5E

split-complementary

#5E4E50 #4E5E54 #4E585E

monochromatic

#1B1617 #3D3234 #5E4E50 #7F6A6C #9D898C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#5E4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#5E4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E50

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E50	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.022 9.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7f81',
    500: '#5e4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e50;
$custom-light: #8b7f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44077,
    "c": 0.02165,
    "h": 9.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E50

secondary

#7C8C8A

accent

#B2AB76

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEEE

border

#CBC9C9

text

#0C0A0A

muted

#7D7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E50

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

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