#4E282B#4E282B

#4E282B is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.057 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E282B
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 43)
HSL	hsl(355, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(355, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 44.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.25, 18.10, 5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.25, 19.05, 18.16°)
OKLab	oklab(32.81% 0.0548 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(32.81% 0.057 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3370, 3.3121, 2.6959)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E282B #284E4B

analogous

#4E283E #4E282B #4E3828

triadic

#4E282B #2B4E28 #282B4E

tetradic

#4E282B #3E4E28 #284E4B #38284E

square

#4E282B #3E4E28 #284E4B #38284E

split-complementary

#4E282B #284E38 #283E4E

monochromatic

#140A0B #261315 #4E282B #763D41 #9F5158

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#4E282B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E282B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E282B

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E282B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E282B	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39362A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542429

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e282b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.057 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816364',
    500: '#4e282b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e282b;
$custom-light: #816364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e282b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.263,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3281,
    "c": 0.05686,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E282B

secondary

#51817D

accent

#C8C05F

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E282B

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

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