#4E242A#4E242A

#4E242A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.063 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E242A
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(351, 37%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(351, 54%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 46.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.24, 20.44, 5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.24, 21.09, 14.28°)
OKLab	oklab(32.03% 0.0619 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(32.03% 0.063 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1909, 3.0490, 2.5578)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E242A #244E48

analogous

#4E243F #4E242A #4E3324

triadic

#4E242A #2A4E24 #242A4E

tetradic

#4E242A #3F4E24 #244E48 #33244E

square

#4E242A #3F4E24 #244E48 #33244E

split-complementary

#4E242A #244E33 #243F4E

monochromatic

#150A0B #241113 #4E242A #783741 #A24B57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.05

#4E242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E242A

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E242A	1.00	13.05	1.61	13.05
#FFFFFF	13.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551F26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.063 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826063',
    500: '#4e242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e242a;
$custom-light: #826063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32031,
    "c": 0.06336,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E242A

secondary

#4C817A

accent

#CDBD5B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9EA

border

#CAC5C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E242A

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

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