#4E2A28#4E2A28

#4E2A28 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.054 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A28
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 40)
HSL	hsl(3, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(3, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 48.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.69, 16.45, 8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.69, 18.56, 27.58°)
OKLab	oklab(33.12% 0.0495 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(33.12% 0.054 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.3531, 3.4292, 2.4397)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A28 #284C4E

analogous

#4E2839 #4E2A28 #4E3D28

triadic

#4E2A28 #284E2A #2A284E

tetradic

#4E2A28 #394E28 #284C4E #3D284E

square

#4E2A28 #394E28 #284C4E #3D284E

split-complementary

#4E2A28 #284E3D #28394E

monochromatic

#140B0A #261413 #4E2A28 #76403D #9F5651

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#4E2A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E2A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A28

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A28	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#323028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55252A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.054 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826461',
    500: '#4e2a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a28;
$custom-light: #826461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33116,
    "c": 0.05405,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A28

secondary

#517E81

accent

#C3C85F

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A28

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

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