#4E262E#4E262E

#4E262E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.061 H 8.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E262E
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 46)
HSL	hsl(348, 34%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(348, 51%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 41%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.84, 19.75, 3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.84, 20.02, 9.44°)
OKLab	oklab(32.53% 0.0599 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(32.53% 0.061 8.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.3284, 3.2036, 2.9746)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E262E #264E46

analogous

#4E2642 #4E262E #4E3226

triadic

#4E262E #2E4E26 #262E4E

tetradic

#4E262E #424E26 #264E46 #32264E

square

#4E262E #424E26 #264E46 #32264E

split-complementary

#4E262E #264E32 #26424E

monochromatic

#150A0C #251216 #4E262E #773A46 #A04E5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#4E262E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E262E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E262E

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E262E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E262E	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37352D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542229

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e262e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.061 8.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816166',
    500: '#4e262e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e262e;
$custom-light: #816166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e262e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32526,
    "c": 0.06057,
    "h": 8.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E262E

secondary

#4F8177

accent

#CBB55D

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFEAEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0506

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E262E

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

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