#4E3438#4E3438

#4E3438 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.038 H 9.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3438
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 56)
HSL	hsl(351, 20%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(351, 33%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.83, 12.39, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.83, 12.58, 10.14°)
OKLab	oklab(35.68% 0.0375 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(35.68% 0.038 9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0838, 4.3615, 4.3147)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3438 #344E4A

analogous

#4E3445 #4E3438 #4E3D34

triadic

#4E3438 #384E34 #34384E

tetradic

#4E3438 #454E34 #344E4A #3D344E

square

#4E3438 #454E34 #344E4A #3D344E

split-complementary

#4E3438 #344E3D #34454E

monochromatic

#120C0D #291C1E #4E3438 #734C52 #97656D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#4E3438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E3438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3438

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3438	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.038 9.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806b6e',
    500: '#4e3438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3438;
$custom-light: #806b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35675,
    "c": 0.038,
    "h": 9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3438

secondary

#5F7E7A

accent

#BDB06B

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EEEBEB

border

#C9C6C6

text

#0A0607

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3438

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

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