#4E2520#4E2520

#4E2520 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.063 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2520
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 32)
HSL	hsl(7, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(7, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.23, 18.67, 12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.23, 22.24, 32.93°)
OKLab	oklab(31.95% 0.0553 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(31.95% 0.063 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.0645, 3.0476, 1.7404)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2520 #20494E

analogous

#4E2032 #4E2520 #4E3C20

triadic

#4E2520 #204E25 #25204E

tetradic

#4E2520 #324E20 #20494E #3C204E

square

#4E2520 #324E20 #20494E #3C204E

split-complementary

#4E2520 #204E3C #20324E

monochromatic

#160A09 #23100E #4E2520 #793A32 #A54E44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.05

#4E2520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E2520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2520

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2520	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)

#2F2C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551F24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.063 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82605b',
    500: '#4e2520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2520;
$custom-light: #82605b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.522,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31945,
    "c": 0.0628,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2520

secondary

#477C82

accent

#C4D256

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2520

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

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