#4C242E#4C242E

#4C242E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.061 H 5.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C242E
RGB	rgb(76, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(345, 36%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(345, 53%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 39.5%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.03, 20.13, 2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.03, 20.24, 5.88°)
OKLab	oklab(31.84% 0.0611 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(31.84% 0.061 5.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1047, 2.9959, 2.9463)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C242E #244C42

analogous

#4C2442 #4C242E #4C2E24

triadic

#4C242E #2E4C24 #242E4C

tetradic

#4C242E #424C24 #244C42 #2E244C

square

#4C242E #424C24 #244C42 #2E244C

split-complementary

#4C242E #244C2E #24424C

monochromatic

#150A0D #221015 #4C242E #763847 #9F4B60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#4C242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4C242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C242E

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C242E	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35332D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.061 5.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806066',
    500: '#4c242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c242e;
$custom-light: #806066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31842,
    "c": 0.06139,
    "h": 5.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C242E

secondary

#4C7F73

accent

#CCB05C

background

#F7F5F6

surface

#EEE9EB

border

#C9C5C6

text

#0A0506

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C242E

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