#4E2A2A#4E2A2A

#4E2A2A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.054 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A2A
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 42)
HSL	hsl(0, 30%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(0, 46%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 46.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.74, 16.70, 7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.74, 18.23, 23.60°)
OKLab	oklab(33.17% 0.0504 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(33.17% 0.054 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.3880, 3.4432, 2.6235)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A2A #2A4E4E

analogous

#4E2A3C #4E2A2A #4E3C2A

triadic

#4E2A2A #2A4E2A #2A2A4E

tetradic

#4E2A2A #3C4E2A #2A4E4E #3C2A4E

square

#4E2A2A #3C4E2A #2A4E4E #3C2A4E

split-complementary

#4E2A2A #2A4E3C #2A3C4E

monochromatic

#140B0B #261515 #4E2A2A #763F3F #9E5555

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#4E2A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E2A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A2A

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A2A	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31302A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54262A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.054 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816463',
    500: '#4e2a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a2a;
$custom-light: #816463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33171,
    "c": 0.05376,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A2A

secondary

#548080

accent

#C6C662

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0505

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A2A

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

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