#4E2C28#4E2C28

#4E2C28 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.051 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C28
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 40)
HSL	hsl(6, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(6, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 48.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 15.17, 9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 17.80, 31.54°)
OKLab	oklab(33.52% 0.0456 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(33.52% 0.051 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.4258, 3.5746, 2.4640)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C28 #284A4E

analogous

#4E2837 #4E2C28 #4E3F28

triadic

#4E2C28 #284E2C #2C284E

tetradic

#4E2C28 #374E28 #284A4E #3F284E

square

#4E2C28 #374E28 #284A4E #3F284E

split-complementary

#4E2C28 #284E3F #28374E

monochromatic

#140B0A #261513 #4E2C28 #76433D #9F5A51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#4E2C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E2C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C28

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C28	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55272B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.051 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816561',
    500: '#4e2c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c28;
$custom-light: #816561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33518,
    "c": 0.05129,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C28

secondary

#517C81

accent

#BDC85F

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0A0505

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C28

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

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