#4E2B2B#4E2B2B

#4E2B2B is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.052 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B2B
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 43)
HSL	hsl(0, 29%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(0, 45%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 44.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.02, 16.20, 7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.02, 17.66, 23.42°)
OKLab	oklab(33.4% 0.0489 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(33.4% 0.052 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.4420, 3.5223, 2.7309)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B2B #2B4E4E

analogous

#4E2B3C #4E2B2B #4E3C2B

triadic

#4E2B2B #2B4E2B #2B2B4E

tetradic

#4E2B2B #3C4E2B #2B4E4E #3C2B4E

square

#4E2B2B #3C4E2B #2B4E4E #3C2B4E

split-complementary

#4E2B2B #2B4E3C #2B3C4E

monochromatic

#140B0B #271515 #4E2B2B #754141 #9D5656

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#4E2B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E2B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B2B

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B2B	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32302B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B372A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54272B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.052 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816564',
    500: '#4e2b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b2b;
$custom-light: #816564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 28.926,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33399,
    "c": 0.05215,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B2B

secondary

#558080

accent

#C5C563

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0505

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B2B

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

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