#4E282A#4E282A

#4E282A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.057 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E282A
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(357, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 46.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.23, 17.97, 6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.23, 19.14, 20.13°)
OKLab	oklab(32.78% 0.0543 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(32.78% 0.057 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.3188, 3.3048, 2.6005)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E282A #284E4C

analogous

#4E283D #4E282A #4E3928

triadic

#4E282A #2A4E28 #282A4E

tetradic

#4E282A #3D4E28 #284E4C #39284E

square

#4E282A #3D4E28 #284E4C #39284E

split-complementary

#4E282A #284E39 #283D4E

monochromatic

#140A0B #261314 #4E282A #763D40 #9F5156

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#4E282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E282A

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E282A	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.057 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816363',
    500: '#4e282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e282a;
$custom-light: #816363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32781,
    "c": 0.05686,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E282A

secondary

#51817E

accent

#C8C35F

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E282A

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

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