#4E231B#4E231B

#4E231B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.067 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E231B
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.64, 19.42, 14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.64, 24.37, 37.16°)
OKLab	oklab(31.46% 0.0568 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(31.46% 0.067 32)
XYZ	xyz(3.9411, 2.9013, 1.3892)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E231B #1B464E

analogous

#4E1B2C #4E231B #4E3C1B

triadic

#4E231B #1B4E23 #231B4E

tetradic

#4E231B #2C4E1B #1B464E #3C1B4E

square

#4E231B #2C4E1B #1B464E #3C1B4E

split-complementary

#4E231B #1B4E3C #1B2C4E

monochromatic

#170A08 #210F0B #4E231B #7B372B #A94C3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.29

#4E231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E231B

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E231B	1.00	13.29	1.58	13.29
#FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38331A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561C21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.067 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f57',
    500: '#4e231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e231b;
$custom-light: #835f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.412,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31464,
    "c": 0.06689,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.02901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E231B

secondary

#417984

accent

#C3D850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E231B

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

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