#4E2C2B#4E2C2B

#4E2C2B is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.051 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C2B
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 43)
HSL	hsl(2, 29%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(2, 45%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 44.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.29, 15.56, 7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.29, 17.23, 25.38°)
OKLab	oklab(33.6% 0.047 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(33.6% 0.051 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.4788, 3.5959, 2.7432)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C2B #2B4D4E

analogous

#4E2B3B #4E2C2B #4E3D2B

triadic

#4E2C2B #2B4E2C #2C2B4E

tetradic

#4E2C2B #3B4E2B #2B4D4E #3D2B4E

square

#4E2C2B #3B4E2B #2B4D4E #3D2B4E

split-complementary

#4E2C2B #2B4E3D #2B3B4E

monochromatic

#140B0B #271615 #4E2C2B #754241 #9D5956

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#4E2C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E2C2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C2B

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C2B	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33312B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B382A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54282C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.051 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816564',
    500: '#4e2c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c2b;
$custom-light: #816564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 28.926,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.336,
    "c": 0.05066,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C2B

secondary

#557F80

accent

#C2C563

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0505

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C2B

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

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