#4E232D#4E232D

#4E232D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.066 H 6.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E232D
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 45)
HSL	hsl(346, 38%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(346, 55%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 42.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.09, 21.44, 2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.09, 21.64, 7.71°)
OKLab	oklab(31.95% 0.0651 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(31.95% 0.066 6.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.2168, 3.0116, 2.8413)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E232D #234E44

analogous

#4E2343 #4E232D #4E2F23

triadic

#4E232D #2D4E23 #232D4E

tetradic

#4E232D #434E23 #234E44 #2F234E

square

#4E232D #434E23 #234E44 #2F234E

split-complementary

#4E232D #234E2F #23434E

monochromatic

#15090C #241015 #4E232D #783645 #A2495E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.11

#4E232D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E232D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E232D

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E232D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E232D	1.00	13.11	1.60	13.11
#FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36342C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#541F27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e232d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.066 6.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f65',
    500: '#4e232d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e232d;
$custom-light: #825f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e232d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.047,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31948,
    "c": 0.06559,
    "h": 6.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E232D

secondary

#4B8275

accent

#CEB35A

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFE9EB

border

#CAC5C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E232D

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

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