#4E262A#4E262A

#4E262A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.060 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E262A
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 42)
HSL	hsl(354, 34%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(354, 51%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 46.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.73, 19.21, 5.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.73, 20.09, 17.03°)
OKLab	oklab(32.4% 0.0581 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(32.4% 0.06 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.2532, 3.1735, 2.5786)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E262A #264E4A

analogous

#4E263E #4E262A #4E3626

triadic

#4E262A #2A4E26 #262A4E

tetradic

#4E262A #3E4E26 #264E4A #36264E

square

#4E262A #3E4E26 #264E4A #36264E

split-complementary

#4E262A #264E36 #263E4E

monochromatic

#150A0B #251214 #4E262A #773A40 #A04E56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#4E262A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E262A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E262A

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E262A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E262A	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552128

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e262a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.060 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826163',
    500: '#4e262a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e262a;
$custom-light: #826163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e262a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.324,
    "c": 0.06007,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E262A

secondary

#4F817C

accent

#CBC05D

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E262A

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

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