#4E3836#4E3836

#4E3836 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.032 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3836
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 54)
HSL	hsl(5, 18%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(5, 31%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 30.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 9.45, 5.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 10.73, 28.28°)
OKLab	oklab(36.49% 0.0289 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(36.49% 0.032 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2220, 4.7147, 4.1243)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3836 #364C4E

analogous

#4E3640 #4E3836 #4E4436

triadic

#4E3836 #364E38 #38364E

tetradic

#4E3836 #404E36 #364C4E #44364E

square

#4E3836 #404E36 #364C4E #44364E

split-complementary

#4E3836 #364E44 #36404E

monochromatic

#120D0D #2A1E1D #4E3836 #72524F #966C68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#4E3836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E3836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3836

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3836	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.032 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806e6d',
    500: '#4e3836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3836;
$custom-light: #806e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36485,
    "c": 0.03182,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3836

secondary

#627C7E

accent

#B4BB6D

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EEECEB

border

#C9C7C6

text

#0A0707

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3836

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

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