#4D231E#4D231E

#4D231E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.065 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D231E
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(6, 44%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(6, 61%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 61%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.53, 19.24, 12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.53, 22.95, 33.01°)
OKLab	oklab(31.36% 0.0569 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(31.36% 0.065 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.8962, 2.8740, 1.5776)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D231E #1E484D

analogous

#4D1E30 #4D231E #4D3A1E

triadic

#4D231E #1E4D23 #231E4D

tetradic

#4D231E #304D1E #1E484D #3A1E4D

square

#4D231E #304D1E #1E484D #3A1E4D

split-complementary

#4D231E #1E4D3A #1E304D

monochromatic

#160A09 #210F0D #4D231E #79372F #A54B40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.34

#4D231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4D231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D231E

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D231E	1.00	13.34	1.57	13.34
#FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37331D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#541C22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.065 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f59',
    500: '#4d231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d231e;
$custom-light: #825f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.383,
    "s": 43.925,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31363,
    "c": 0.06458,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D231E

secondary

#457B82

accent

#C6D454

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D231E

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

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