#4E2D27#4E2D27

#4E2D27 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.050 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D27
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 39)
HSL	hsl(9, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(9, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 50%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.46, 14.41, 10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.46, 17.72, 35.61°)
OKLab	oklab(33.7% 0.0431 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(33.7% 0.05 31)
XYZ	xyz(4.4467, 3.6433, 2.3881)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D27 #27484E

analogous

#4E2734 #4E2D27 #4E4027

triadic

#4E2D27 #274E2D #2D274E

tetradic

#4E2D27 #344E27 #27484E #40274E

square

#4E2D27 #344E27 #27484E #40274E

split-complementary

#4E2D27 #274E40 #27344E

monochromatic

#140C0A #251513 #4E2D27 #77453B #A05C50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#4E2D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E2D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D27

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D27	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55282B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.050 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816661',
    500: '#4e2d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d27;
$custom-light: #816661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33697,
    "c": 0.05033,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.03643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D27

secondary

#507981

accent

#B9C95E

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D27

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

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