#4D231A#4D231A

#4D231A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.066 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D231A
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(11, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 66.2%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.45, 18.88, 15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.45, 24.18, 38.69°)
OKLab	oklab(31.28% 0.055 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(31.28% 0.066 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.8484, 2.8549, 1.3255)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D231A #1A444D

analogous

#4D1A2A #4D231A #4D3C1A

triadic

#4D231A #1A4D23 #231A4D

tetradic

#4D231A #2A4D1A #1A444D #3C1A4D

square

#4D231A #2A4D1A #1A444D #3C1A4D

split-complementary

#4D231A #1A4D3C #1A2A4D

monochromatic

#170A08 #1F0E0B #4D231A #7B3829 #A94D39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#4D231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4D231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D231A

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D231A	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551C21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.066 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f56',
    500: '#4d231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d231a;
$custom-light: #825f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 49.515,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31277,
    "c": 0.06586,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D231A

secondary

#407783

accent

#C1D94F

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D231A

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

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