#4E2525#4E2525

#4E2525 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.062 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2525
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 37)
HSL	hsl(0, 36%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(0, 53%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 52.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.35, 19.21, 8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.35, 21.14, 24.65°)
OKLab	oklab(32.07% 0.0577 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(32.07% 0.062 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.1377, 3.0768, 2.1259)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2525 #254E4E

analogous

#4E2539 #4E2525 #4E3925

triadic

#4E2525 #254E25 #25254E

tetradic

#4E2525 #394E25 #254E4E #39254E

square

#4E2525 #394E25 #254E4E #39254E

split-complementary

#4E2525 #254E39 #25394E

monochromatic

#150A0A #241111 #4E2525 #783939 #A14C4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#4E2525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4E2525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2525

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2525	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)

#2E2C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551F25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.062 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82605f',
    500: '#4e2525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2525;
$custom-light: #82605f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32071,
    "c": 0.06181,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2525

secondary

#4E8181

accent

#CCCC5C

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2525

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

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