#4E3028#4E3028

#4E3028 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.046 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3028
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 40)
HSL	hsl(13, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(13, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 48.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.30, 12.60, 10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.30, 16.59, 40.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.35% 0.0378 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(34.35% 0.046 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.5821, 3.8872, 2.5160)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3028 #28464E

analogous

#4E2833 #4E3028 #4E4328

triadic

#4E3028 #284E30 #30284E

tetradic

#4E3028 #334E28 #28464E #43284E

square

#4E3028 #334E28 #28464E #43284E

split-complementary

#4E3028 #284E43 #28334E

monochromatic

#140C0A #261713 #4E3028 #76493D #9F6251

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#4E3028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E3028 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3028

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3028	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.046 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816861',
    500: '#4e3028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3028;
$custom-light: #816861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.632,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3435,
    "c": 0.04645,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3028

secondary

#517781

accent

#B2C85F

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3028

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

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