#4E242E#4E242E

#4E242E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.064 H 6.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E242E
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(346, 37%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(346, 54%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 41%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.36, 20.98, 2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.36, 21.14, 7.04°)
OKLab	oklab(32.16% 0.0637 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(32.16% 0.064 6.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2661, 3.0791, 2.9539)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E242E #244E44

analogous

#4E2443 #4E242E #4E2F24

triadic

#4E242E #2E4E24 #242E4E

tetradic

#4E242E #434E24 #244E44 #2F244E

square

#4E242E #434E24 #244E44 #2F244E

split-complementary

#4E242E #244E2F #24434E

monochromatic

#150A0C #241115 #4E242E #783747 #A24B5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#4E242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4E242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E242E

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E242E	1.00	13.00	1.62	13.00
#FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36342D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.064 6.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826066',
    500: '#4e242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e242e;
$custom-light: #826066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.714,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3216,
    "c": 0.06409,
    "h": 6.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E242E

secondary

#4C8175

accent

#CDB25B

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFE9EB

border

#CAC5C6

text

#0B0506

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E242E

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

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