#4A281D#4A281D

#4A281D is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.055 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A281D
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 29)
HSL	hsl(15, 44%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(15, 61%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 60.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.29, 14.61, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.29, 20.28, 43.92°)
OKLab	oklab(31.84% 0.0427 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(31.84% 0.055 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.8049, 3.0625, 1.5529)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A281D #1D3F4A

analogous

#4A1D28 #4A281D #4A3E1D

triadic

#4A281D #1D4A28 #281D4A

tetradic

#4A281D #284A1D #1D3F4A #3E1D4A

square

#4A281D #284A1D #1D3F4A #3E1D4A

split-complementary

#4A281D #1D4A3E #1D284A

monochromatic

#160C09 #1E100C #4A281D #76402E #A2583F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.02

#4A281D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4A281D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A281D

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A281D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A281D	1.00	13.02	1.61	13.02
#FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a281d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.055 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6259',
    500: '#4a281d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a281d;
$custom-light: #7f6259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a281d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.667,
    "s": 43.689,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31836,
    "c": 0.05474,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A281D

secondary

#44717F

accent

#B4D354

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEEAE9

border

#C9C6C5

text

#0A0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A281D

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

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