#4E282C#4E282C

#4E282C is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.057 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E282C
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 44)
HSL	hsl(354, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(354, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 43.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.28, 18.23, 5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.28, 18.98, 16.17°)
OKLab	oklab(32.84% 0.0552 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(32.84% 0.057 14)
XYZ	xyz(4.3555, 3.3195, 2.7937)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E282C #284E4A

analogous

#4E283F #4E282C #4E3728

triadic

#4E282C #2C4E28 #282C4E

tetradic

#4E282C #3F4E28 #284E4A #37284E

square

#4E282C #3F4E28 #284E4A #37284E

split-complementary

#4E282C #284E37 #283F4E

monochromatic

#140A0B #261315 #4E282C #763D43 #9F515A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.62

#4E282C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E282C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E282C

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E282C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E282C	1.00	12.62	1.66	12.62
#FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39362B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54242A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e282c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.057 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816365',
    500: '#4e282c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e282c;
$custom-light: #816365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e282c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3284,
    "c": 0.05689,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.03319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E282C

secondary

#51817C

accent

#C8BD5F

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFEAEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0505

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E282C

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

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