#4A232C#4A232C

#4A232C is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.060 H 6.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A232C
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(346, 36%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(346, 53%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 40.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.39, 19.61, 2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.39, 19.77, 7.30°)
OKLab	oklab(31.27% 0.0595 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(31.27% 0.06 6.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.8799, 2.8401, 2.7262)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A232C #234A41

analogous

#4A2340 #4A232C #4A2E23

triadic

#4A232C #2C4A23 #232C4A

tetradic

#4A232C #404A23 #234A41 #2E234A

square

#4A232C #404A23 #234A41 #2E234A

split-complementary

#4A232C #234A2E #23404A

monochromatic

#150A0C #200F13 #4A232C #743745 #9D4A5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#4A232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4A232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A232C

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A232C	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34322B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#501F26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.060 6.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5f65',
    500: '#4a232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a232c;
$custom-light: #7e5f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.154,
    "s": 35.78,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31273,
    "c": 0.05991,
    "h": 6.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A232C

secondary

#4B7E72

accent

#CCB25C

background

#F7F5F6

surface

#EEE9EB

border

#C9C5C6

text

#0A0405

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A232C

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

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