#4E2523#4E2523

#4E2523 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.062 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2523
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 35)
HSL	hsl(3, 38%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(3, 55%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 55.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.30, 18.99, 10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.30, 21.52, 28.07°)
OKLab	oklab(32.02% 0.0567 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(32.02% 0.062 24)
XYZ	xyz(4.1071, 3.0646, 1.9650)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2523 #234C4E

analogous

#4E2337 #4E2523 #4E3B23

triadic

#4E2523 #234E25 #25234E

tetradic

#4E2523 #374E23 #234C4E #3B234E

square

#4E2523 #374E23 #234C4E #3B234E

split-complementary

#4E2523 #234E3B #23374E

monochromatic

#150A09 #241110 #4E2523 #783936 #A24D49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.02

#4E2523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E2523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2523

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2523	1.00	13.02	1.61	13.02
#FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551F25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.062 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82605d',
    500: '#4e2523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2523;
$custom-light: #82605d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.791,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32019,
    "c": 0.06212,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.03064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2523

secondary

#4B7F82

accent

#C9CE5A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2523

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

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