#4E3838#4E3838

#4E3838 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.032 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3838
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 56)
HSL	hsl(0, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(0, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.96, 9.79, 3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.96, 10.51, 21.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.55% 0.0299 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(36.55% 0.032 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2700, 4.7338, 4.3768)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3838 #384E4E

analogous

#4E3843 #4E3838 #4E4338

triadic

#4E3838 #384E38 #38384E

tetradic

#4E3838 #434E38 #384E4E #43384E

square

#4E3838 #434E38 #384E4E #43384E

split-complementary

#4E3838 #384E43 #38434E

monochromatic

#120D0D #2A1E1E #4E3838 #725252 #956B6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#4E3838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E3838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3838

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3838	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.032 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806e6e',
    500: '#4e3838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3838;
$custom-light: #806e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36547,
    "c": 0.03153,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3838

secondary

#647E7E

accent

#B9B96F

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EEECEB

border

#C9C7C6

text

#0A0707

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3838

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

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