#4E3C38#4E3C38

#4E3C38 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.026 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3C38
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(11, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.12, 7.19, 5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.12, 9.05, 37.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% 0.0222 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.026 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4716, 5.1372, 4.4440)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3C38 #384A4E

analogous

#4E383F #4E3C38 #4E4738

triadic

#4E3C38 #384E3C #3C384E

tetradic

#4E3C38 #3F4E38 #384A4E #47384E

square

#4E3C38 #3F4E38 #384A4E #47384E

split-complementary

#4E3C38 #384E47 #383F4E

monochromatic

#120E0D #2A211E #4E3C38 #725752 #95736B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#4E3C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E3C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3C38

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3C38	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523A3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.026 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80716e',
    500: '#4e3c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3c38;
$custom-light: #80716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37446,
    "c": 0.02644,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3C38

secondary

#64797E

accent

#ACB96F

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EEECEB

border

#C9C7C6

text

#0A0707

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3C38

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

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