#4A2D2FDark Roast (#4A2D2F) is a very dark, muted red with an OKLCH hue of 15°, lightness 0.33 and chroma 0.043. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #4A2D2F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(74, 45, 47) |
| HSL | hsl(356, 24%, 23%) |
| HSV | hsv(356, 39%, 29%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 39%, 36%, 71%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(22.1 13.7 4.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.334 0.043 15) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Dark Roast shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: drifts toward pink. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#4b2b2b — ΔE 0.7, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#4c2d2e — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#4a2d2f — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#4a2d30 — ΔE 0.2, shifts subtly: drifts toward pinkTest Dark Roast in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 12.3:1 and against black 1.71:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#b39b9c · #8f7476 · #6c5052 · #4a2d2f · #291113 · #0a0001
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#714c3a · #65382f · #4a2d2f · #411626 · #2c0a21 · #180218
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#bba48e · #ac7c7e · #8a643b · #5f4d3b · #4a2d2f · #360e14
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#88d4d3 · #876a6b · #5f4f4f · #4a2d2f · #2c1315 · #0c0203
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#eaf4f4 · #c1b4b4 · #7c8282 · #584a4b · #4a2d2f · #1a2222
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#fdeeee · #d6c5c6 · #ab9899 · #4a2d2f · #110103 · #e54e65
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#fdeeee · #d6c5c6 · #ab9899 · #4a2d2f · #110103 · #dbc54e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e1f7f6 · #8ac4c4 · #438f8f · #175959 · #4a2d2f · #30181a
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e1f7f6 · #94c4ae · #4b8aa3 · #275945 · #4a2d2f · #08242e
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ebf6e7 · #a7c19b · #6283ad · #364f70 · #4a2d2f · #182412
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f4f3e2 · #bdba8e · #438f8f · #4a4970 · #4a2d2f · #042626
#664A4C · #82696A · #A0898A · #BEABAC · #DDCECE
#3F2527 · #351E20 · #2B1718 · #211011 · #18090A
#462F31 · #423132 · #3E3334
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.