#4E3938#4E3938

#4E3938 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.030 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3938
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(3, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 9.14, 4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 10.08, 24.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.77% 0.0279 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(36.77% 0.03 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3189, 4.8317, 4.3931)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3938 #384D4E

analogous

#4E3842 #4E3938 #4E4438

triadic

#4E3938 #384E39 #39384E

tetradic

#4E3938 #424E38 #384D4E #44384E

square

#4E3938 #424E38 #384D4E #44384E

split-complementary

#4E3938 #384E44 #38424E

monochromatic

#120D0D #2A1F1E #4E3938 #725352 #956D6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#4E3938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E3938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3938

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3938	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.030 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806f6e',
    500: '#4e3938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3938;
$custom-light: #806f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3677,
    "c": 0.03008,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3938

secondary

#647D7E

accent

#B6B96F

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EEECEB

border

#C9C7C6

text

#0A0707

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3938

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

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