#4E403C#4E403C

#4E403C is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.021 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E403C
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 60)
HSL	hsl(13, 13%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(13, 23%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 23.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, 5.31, 4.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 7.09, 41.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% 0.0166 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.021 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7909, 5.6129, 5.0525)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E403C #3C4A4E

analogous

#4E3C41 #4E403C #4E493C

triadic

#4E403C #3C4E40 #403C4E

tetradic

#4E403C #414E3C #3C4A4E #493C4E

square

#4E403C #414E3C #3C4A4E #493C4E

split-complementary

#4E403C #3C4E49 #3C414E

monochromatic

#110E0D #2B2421 #4E403C #715C57 #927972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4E403C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E403C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E403C

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E403C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E403C	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43413C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46443C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e403c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.021 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807471',
    500: '#4e403c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e403c;
$custom-light: #807471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e403c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38489,
    "c": 0.02069,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E403C

secondary

#68797D

accent

#A7B672

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0807

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E403C

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

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