#4E232B#4E232B

#4E232B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.065 H 9.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E232B
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(349, 38%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(349, 55%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 44.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.03, 21.17, 4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.03, 21.59, 11.25°)
OKLab	oklab(31.88% 0.0642 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(31.88% 0.065 9.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.1792, 2.9966, 2.6433)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E232B #234E46

analogous

#4E2341 #4E232B #4E3123

triadic

#4E232B #2B4E23 #232B4E

tetradic

#4E232B #414E23 #234E46 #31234E

square

#4E232B #414E23 #234E46 #31234E

split-complementary

#4E232B #234E31 #23414E

monochromatic

#15090C #241014 #4E232B #783642 #A2495A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#4E232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E232B

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E232B	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)

#2B2B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36342A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551E26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.065 9.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f64',
    500: '#4e232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e232b;
$custom-light: #825f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.837,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31883,
    "c": 0.06517,
    "h": 9.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E232B

secondary

#4B8278

accent

#CEB85A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9EA

border

#CAC5C6

text

#0B0405

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E232B

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

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