#4E2C2A#4E2C2A

#4E2C2A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.051 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C2A
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 42)
HSL	hsl(3, 30%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(3, 46%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 46.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 15.43, 8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 17.39, 27.48°)
OKLab	oklab(33.57% 0.0465 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(33.57% 0.051 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.4607, 3.5886, 2.6478)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C2A #2A4C4E

analogous

#4E2A3A #4E2C2A #4E3E2A

triadic

#4E2C2A #2A4E2C #2C2A4E

tetradic

#4E2C2A #3A4E2A #2A4C4E #3E2A4E

square

#4E2C2A #3A4E2A #2A4C4E #3E2A4E

split-complementary

#4E2C2A #2A4E3E #2A3A4E

monochromatic

#140B0B #261615 #4E2C2A #76423F #9E5955

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#4E2C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E2C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C2A

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C2A	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33312A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54282C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.051 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816563',
    500: '#4e2c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c2a;
$custom-light: #816563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33572,
    "c": 0.05082,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C2A

secondary

#547E80

accent

#C1C662

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0505

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C2A

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

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