#4E282E#4E282E

#4E282E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.057 H 10.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E282E
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 46)
HSL	hsl(351, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(351, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 41%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.34, 18.51, 3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.34, 18.94, 12.17°)
OKLab	oklab(32.9% 0.0561 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(32.9% 0.057 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.3940, 3.3349, 2.9965)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E282E #284E48

analogous

#4E2841 #4E282E #4E3528

triadic

#4E282E #2E4E28 #282E4E

tetradic

#4E282E #414E28 #284E48 #35284E

square

#4E282E #414E28 #284E48 #35284E

split-complementary

#4E282E #284E35 #28414E

monochromatic

#140A0C #261316 #4E282E #763D46 #9F515E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#4E282E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E282E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E282E

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E282E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E282E	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38362D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54242A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e282e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.057 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816366',
    500: '#4e282e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e282e;
$custom-light: #816366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e282e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.526,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32903,
    "c": 0.05711,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E282E

secondary

#518179

accent

#C8B85F

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFEAEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0506

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E282E

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

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