#4E231A#4E231A

#4E231A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.067 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E231A
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(10, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(10, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.63, 19.33, 15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.63, 24.70, 38.49°)
OKLab	oklab(31.44% 0.0563 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(31.44% 0.067 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9297, 2.8968, 1.3293)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E231A #1A454E

analogous

#4E1A2B #4E231A #4E3D1A

triadic

#4E231A #1A4E23 #231A4E

tetradic

#4E231A #2B4E1A #1A454E #3D1A4E

square

#4E231A #2B4E1A #1A454E #3D1A4E

split-complementary

#4E231A #1A4E3D #1A2B4E

monochromatic

#170A08 #200E0B #4E231A #7C3829 #AA4C39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#4E231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E231A

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E231A	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561B21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.067 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f56',
    500: '#4e231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e231a;
$custom-light: #835f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.385,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31444,
    "c": 0.06724,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E231A

secondary

#407884

accent

#C1DA4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E231A

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