#4A281E#4A281E

#4A281E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.054 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A281E
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(14, 42%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(14, 59%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 59.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.31, 14.71, 13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.31, 19.92, 42.38°)
OKLab	oklab(31.86% 0.0432 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(31.86% 0.054 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8174, 3.0675, 1.6191)
Luminance	0.0307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A281E #1E404A

analogous

#4A1E2A #4A281E #4A3E1E

triadic

#4A281E #1E4A28 #281E4A

tetradic

#4A281E #2A4A1E #1E404A #3E1E4A

square

#4A281E #2A4A1E #1E404A #3E1E4A

split-complementary

#4A281E #1E4A3E #1E2A4A

monochromatic

#160C09 #1E100C #4A281E #764030 #A15741

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.02

#4A281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4A281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A281E

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A281E	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)

#302D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.054 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6259',
    500: '#4a281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a281e;
$custom-light: #7f6259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.636,
    "s": 42.308,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31858,
    "c": 0.05424,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A281E

secondary

#45727F

accent

#B6D256

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEEAE9

border

#C9C6C5

text

#0A0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A281E

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