#4E262C#4E262C

#4E262C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.060 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E262C
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 44)
HSL	hsl(351, 34%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(351, 51%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 43.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.78, 19.48, 4.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.78, 20.01, 13.24°)
OKLab	oklab(32.46% 0.059 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(32.46% 0.06 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2898, 3.1882, 2.7718)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E262C #264E48

analogous

#4E2640 #4E262C #4E3426

triadic

#4E262C #2C4E26 #262C4E

tetradic

#4E262C #404E26 #264E48 #34264E

square

#4E262C #404E26 #264E48 #34264E

split-complementary

#4E262C #264E34 #26404E

monochromatic

#150A0C #251215 #4E262C #773A43 #A04E5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#4E262C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E262C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E262C

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E262C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E262C	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38352B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542228

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e262c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.060 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826165',
    500: '#4e262c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e262c;
$custom-light: #826165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e262c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32462,
    "c": 0.06023,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E262C

secondary

#4F8179

accent

#CBBA5D

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFEAEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E262C

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

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