#4E232A#4E232A

#4E232A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.065 H 11.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E232A
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(350, 38%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(350, 55%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 46.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.00, 21.05, 4.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.00, 21.60, 13.02°)
OKLab	oklab(31.85% 0.0638 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(31.85% 0.065 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.1611, 2.9893, 2.5479)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E232A #234E47

analogous

#4E2340 #4E232A #4E3223

triadic

#4E232A #2A4E23 #232A4E

tetradic

#4E232A #404E23 #234E47 #32234E

square

#4E232A #404E23 #234E47 #32234E

split-complementary

#4E232A #234E32 #23404E

monochromatic

#15090B #241013 #4E232A #783641 #A24957

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.14

#4E232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E232A

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E232A	1.00	13.14	1.60	13.14
#FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551E26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.065 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f63',
    500: '#4e232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e232a;
$custom-light: #825f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.233,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31851,
    "c": 0.06503,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E232A

secondary

#4B8279

accent

#CEBB5A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9EA

border

#CAC5C6

text

#0B0405

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E232A

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

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