#4E2E28#4E2E28

#4E2E28 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.049 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E28
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 40)
HSL	hsl(9, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(9, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 48.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.75, 13.89, 10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.75, 17.14, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(33.93% 0.0417 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(33.93% 0.049 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.5021, 3.7273, 2.4894)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E28 #28484E

analogous

#4E2835 #4E2E28 #4E4128

triadic

#4E2E28 #284E2E #2E284E

tetradic

#4E2E28 #354E28 #28484E #41284E

square

#4E2E28 #354E28 #28484E #41284E

split-complementary

#4E2E28 #284E41 #28354E

monochromatic

#140C0A #261613 #4E2E28 #76463D #9F5E51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#4E2E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E2E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E28

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E28	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55292C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.049 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816761',
    500: '#4e2e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e28;
$custom-light: #816761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3393,
    "c": 0.04874,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E28

secondary

#517981

accent

#B8C85F

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0A0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E28

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

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