#4E262B#4E262B

#4E262B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.060 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E262B
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 43)
HSL	hsl(353, 34%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(353, 51%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 44.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.75, 19.34, 5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.75, 20.04, 15.14°)
OKLab	oklab(32.43% 0.0586 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(32.43% 0.06 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.2713, 3.1807, 2.6740)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E262B #264E49

analogous

#4E263F #4E262B #4E3526

triadic

#4E262B #2B4E26 #262B4E

tetradic

#4E262B #3F4E26 #264E49 #35264E

square

#4E262B #3F4E26 #264E49 #35264E

split-complementary

#4E262B #264E35 #263F4E

monochromatic

#150A0B #251214 #4E262B #773A42 #A04E58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#4E262B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E262B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E262B

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E262B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E262B	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38352A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552228

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e262b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.060 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826164',
    500: '#4e262b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e262b;
$custom-light: #826164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e262b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32431,
    "c": 0.06013,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E262B

secondary

#4F817B

accent

#CBBD5D

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E262B

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

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