#4C242B#4C242B

#4C242B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.061 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C242B
RGB	rgb(76, 36, 43)
HSL	hsl(350, 36%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(350, 53%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 43.4%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.94, 19.71, 4.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.94, 20.12, 11.56°)
OKLab	oklab(31.74% 0.0598 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(31.74% 0.061 10)
XYZ	xyz(4.0476, 2.9731, 2.6457)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C242B #244C45

analogous

#4C243F #4C242B #4C3124

triadic

#4C242B #2B4C24 #242B4C

tetradic

#4C242B #3F4C24 #244C45 #31244C

square

#4C242B #3F4C24 #244C45 #31244C

split-complementary

#4C242B #244C31 #243F4C

monochromatic

#150A0C #221014 #4C242B #763842 #9F4B5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#4C242B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4C242B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C242B

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C242B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C242B	1.00	13.17	1.59	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35332A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c242b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 36, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.061 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806064',
    500: '#4c242b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c242b;
$custom-light: #806064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c242b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.5,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31743,
    "c": 0.06071,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.02973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C242B

secondary

#4C7F76

accent

#CCB85C

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9EA

border

#CAC5C6

text

#0A0505

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C242B

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

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