#4E2824#4E2824

#4E2824 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.058 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2824
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 36)
HSL	hsl(6, 37%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(6, 54%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 53.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.08, 17.23, 10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.08, 20.17, 31.33°)
OKLab	oklab(32.62% 0.0514 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(32.62% 0.058 27)
XYZ	xyz(4.2194, 3.2651, 2.0767)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2824 #244A4E

analogous

#4E2435 #4E2824 #4E3D24

triadic

#4E2824 #244E28 #28244E

tetradic

#4E2824 #354E24 #244A4E #3D244E

square

#4E2824 #354E24 #244A4E #3D244E

split-complementary

#4E2824 #244E3D #24354E

monochromatic

#150B0A #241311 #4E2824 #783D37 #A2534B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.70

#4E2824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E2824 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2824

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2824	1.00	12.70	1.65	12.70
#FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552227

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.058 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82625e',
    500: '#4e2824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2824;
$custom-light: #82625e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32617,
    "c": 0.05773,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.03265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2824

secondary

#4C7C81

accent

#C2CD5B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2824

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

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