#4E2823#4E2823

#4E2823 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.058 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2823
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 35)
HSL	hsl(7, 38%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(7, 55%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 55.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.05, 17.12, 11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.05, 20.42, 33.04°)
OKLab	oklab(32.59% 0.051 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(32.59% 0.058 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2043, 3.2590, 1.9974)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2823 #23494E

analogous

#4E2334 #4E2823 #4E3E23

triadic

#4E2823 #234E28 #28234E

tetradic

#4E2823 #344E23 #23494E #3E234E

square

#4E2823 #344E23 #23494E #3E234E

split-complementary

#4E2823 #234E3E #23344E

monochromatic

#150B09 #241210 #4E2823 #783E36 #A25349

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#4E2823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E2823 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2823

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2823	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552227

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.058 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82625d',
    500: '#4e2823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2823;
$custom-light: #82625d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.977,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32592,
    "c": 0.058,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2823

secondary

#4B7B82

accent

#C0CE5A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2823

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

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