#4E262D#4E262D

#4E262D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.060 H 9.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E262D
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 45)
HSL	hsl(350, 34%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(350, 51%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 42.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.81, 19.61, 3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.81, 20.00, 11.34°)
OKLab	oklab(32.49% 0.0595 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(32.49% 0.06 9.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.3089, 3.1958, 2.8720)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E262D #264E47

analogous

#4E2641 #4E262D #4E3326

triadic

#4E262D #2D4E26 #262D4E

tetradic

#4E262D #414E26 #264E47 #33264E

square

#4E262D #414E26 #264E47 #33264E

split-complementary

#4E262D #264E33 #26414E

monochromatic

#150A0C #251215 #4E262D #773A45 #A04E5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.81

#4E262D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E262D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E262D

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E262D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E262D	1.00	12.81	1.64	12.81
#FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37352C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542229

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e262d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.060 9.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816165',
    500: '#4e262d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e262d;
$custom-light: #816165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e262d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.5,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32494,
    "c": 0.06039,
    "h": 9.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E262D

secondary

#4F8178

accent

#CBB75D

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFEAEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E262D

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

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