#4E2729#4E2729

#4E2729 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.058 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2729
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 41)
HSL	hsl(357, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(357, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 47.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.95, 18.46, 6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.95, 19.70, 20.45°)
OKLab	oklab(32.56% 0.0557 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(32.56% 0.058 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.2679, 3.2312, 2.4963)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2729 #274E4C

analogous

#4E273C #4E2729 #4E3827

triadic

#4E2729 #294E27 #27294E

tetradic

#4E2729 #3C4E27 #274E4C #38274E

square

#4E2729 #3C4E27 #274E4C #38274E

split-complementary

#4E2729 #274E38 #273C4E

monochromatic

#140A0B #251314 #4E2729 #773B3E #A05054

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.76

#4E2729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E2729 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2729

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2729	1.00	12.76	1.65	12.76
#FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552228

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.058 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826262',
    500: '#4e2729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2729;
$custom-light: #826262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.923,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3256,
    "c": 0.05846,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2729

secondary

#50817E

accent

#C9C45E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2729

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →