#4E2828#4E2828

#4E2828 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.057 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2828
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 40)
HSL	hsl(0, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(0, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 48.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.17, 17.71, 7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.17, 19.39, 24.00°)
OKLab	oklab(32.72% 0.0533 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(32.72% 0.057 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.2839, 3.2909, 2.4167)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2828 #284E4E

analogous

#4E283B #4E2828 #4E3B28

triadic

#4E2828 #284E28 #28284E

tetradic

#4E2828 #3B4E28 #284E4E #3B284E

square

#4E2828 #3B4E28 #284E4E #3B284E

split-complementary

#4E2828 #284E3B #283B4E

monochromatic

#140A0A #261313 #4E2828 #763D3D #9F5151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#4E2828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E2828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2828

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2828	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552328

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.057 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826261',
    500: '#4e2828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2828;
$custom-light: #826261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32723,
    "c": 0.05699,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2828

secondary

#518181

accent

#C8C85F

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2828

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

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