#4E2B28#4E2B28

#4E2B28 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.053 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B28
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 40)
HSL	hsl(5, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(5, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 48.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.95, 15.81, 8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.95, 18.17, 29.51°)
OKLab	oklab(33.32% 0.0475 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(33.32% 0.053 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.3890, 3.5010, 2.4517)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B28 #284B4E

analogous

#4E2838 #4E2B28 #4E3E28

triadic

#4E2B28 #284E2B #2B284E

tetradic

#4E2B28 #384E28 #284B4E #3E284E

square

#4E2B28 #384E28 #284B4E #3E284E

split-complementary

#4E2B28 #284E3E #28384E

monochromatic

#140B0A #261513 #4E2B28 #76413D #9F5851

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#4E2B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E2B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B28

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B28	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#333028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55262A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.053 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816561',
    500: '#4e2b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b28;
$custom-light: #816561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.737,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33315,
    "c": 0.05265,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B28

secondary

#517D81

accent

#C0C85F

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B28

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

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