#4E2825#4E2825

#4E2825 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.057 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2825
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 37)
HSL	hsl(4, 36%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(4, 53%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 52.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.10, 17.35, 9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.10, 19.94, 29.56°)
OKLab	oklab(32.64% 0.0519 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(32.64% 0.057 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.2349, 3.2713, 2.1583)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2825 #254B4E

analogous

#4E2537 #4E2825 #4E3C25

triadic

#4E2825 #254E28 #28254E

tetradic

#4E2825 #374E25 #254B4E #3C254E

square

#4E2825 #374E25 #254B4E #3C254E

split-complementary

#4E2825 #254E3C #25374E

monochromatic

#150B0A #241311 #4E2825 #783D39 #A1534C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#4E2825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E2825 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2825

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2825	1.00	12.69	1.65	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552327

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.057 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82625f',
    500: '#4e2825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2825;
$custom-light: #82625f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.39,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32643,
    "c": 0.05749,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2825

secondary

#4E7D81

accent

#C4CC5C

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2825

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

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