#4A2829#4A2829

#4A2829 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.051 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2829
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(358, 30%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(358, 46%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 44.6%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.57, 16.04, 6.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.57, 17.22, 21.35°)
OKLab	oklab(32.14% 0.0485 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(32.14% 0.051 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9833, 3.1339, 2.4925)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2829 #284A49

analogous

#4A283A #4A2829 #4A3828

triadic

#4A2829 #294A28 #28294A

tetradic

#4A2829 #3A4A28 #284A49 #38284A

square

#4A2829 #3A4A28 #284A49 #38284A

split-complementary

#4A2829 #284A38 #283A4A

monochromatic

#140B0B #221313 #4A2829 #723D3F #995355

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#4A2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4A2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2829

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2829	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502429

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.051 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6262',
    500: '#4a2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2829;
$custom-light: #7e6262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.235,
    "s": 29.825,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32142,
    "c": 0.0511,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2829

secondary

#517C7B

accent

#C6C362

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEEAEA

border

#C9C6C6

text

#0A0505

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2829

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

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