#4E242B#4E242B

#4E242B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.063 H 10.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E242B
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 43)
HSL	hsl(350, 37%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(350, 54%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 44.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.27, 20.57, 4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.27, 21.06, 12.47°)
OKLab	oklab(32.06% 0.0624 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(32.06% 0.063 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.2090, 3.0563, 2.6533)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E242B #244E47

analogous

#4E2440 #4E242B #4E3224

triadic

#4E242B #2B4E24 #242B4E

tetradic

#4E242B #404E24 #244E47 #32244E

square

#4E242B #404E24 #244E47 #32244E

split-complementary

#4E242B #244E32 #24404E

monochromatic

#150A0C #241114 #4E242B #783742 #A24B59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.03

#4E242B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E242B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E242B

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E242B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E242B	1.00	13.03	1.61	13.03
#FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37342A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551F27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e242b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.063 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826064',
    500: '#4e242b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e242b;
$custom-light: #826064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e242b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32062,
    "c": 0.06348,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E242B

secondary

#4C8179

accent

#CDBA5B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9EA

border

#CAC5C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E242B

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

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