#4B281D#4B281D

#4B281D is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.056 H 38.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B281D
RGB	rgb(75, 40, 29)
HSL	hsl(14, 44%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(14, 61%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.7%, 61.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.45, 15.09, 14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.45, 20.79, 43.48°)
OKLab	oklab(31.99% 0.0441 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(31.99% 0.056 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8825, 3.1025, 1.5565)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B281D #1D404B

analogous

#4B1D29 #4B281D #4B3F1D

triadic

#4B281D #1D4B28 #281D4B

tetradic

#4B281D #294B1D #1D404B #3F1D4B

square

#4B281D #294B1D #1D404B #3F1D4B

split-complementary

#4B281D #1D4B3F #1D294B

monochromatic

#160C09 #1F100C #4B281D #77402E #A3573F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#4B281D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4B281D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B281D

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B281D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B281D	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b281d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 40, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.056 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806259',
    500: '#4b281d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b281d;
$custom-light: #806259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b281d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.348,
    "s": 44.231,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3199,
    "c": 0.05612,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B281D

secondary

#447280

accent

#B5D454

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0A0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B281D

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

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