#4E2728#4E2728

#4E2728 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.059 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2728
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 40)
HSL	hsl(358, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(358, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 48.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.92, 18.34, 7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.92, 19.83, 22.34°)
OKLab	oklab(32.53% 0.0553 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(32.53% 0.059 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2507, 3.2243, 2.4056)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2728 #274E4D

analogous

#4E273B #4E2728 #4E3927

triadic

#4E2728 #284E27 #27284E

tetradic

#4E2728 #3B4E27 #274E4D #39274E

square

#4E2728 #3B4E27 #274E4D #39274E

split-complementary

#4E2728 #274E39 #273B4E

monochromatic

#140A0A #251313 #4E2728 #773B3D #A05052

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.77

#4E2728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E2728 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2728

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2728	1.00	12.77	1.64	12.77
#FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552228

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.059 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826261',
    500: '#4e2728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2728;
$custom-light: #826261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.462,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32531,
    "c": 0.05851,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2728

secondary

#508180

accent

#C9C75E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2728

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

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