#4E231C#4E231C

#4E231C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.067 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E231C
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(8, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.66, 19.51, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.66, 24.05, 35.80°)
OKLab	oklab(31.49% 0.0572 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(31.49% 0.067 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.9528, 2.9061, 1.4511)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E231C #1C474E

analogous

#4E1C2E #4E231C #4E3C1C

triadic

#4E231C #1C4E23 #231C4E

tetradic

#4E231C #2E4E1C #1C474E #3C1C4E

square

#4E231C #2E4E1C #1C474E #3C1C4E

split-complementary

#4E231C #1C4E3C #1C2E4E

monochromatic

#170A08 #210F0C #4E231C #7B372C #A84B3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.28

#4E231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E231C

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E231C	1.00	13.28	1.58	13.28
#FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38331B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561C21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.067 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f58',
    500: '#4e231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e231c;
$custom-light: #835f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.4,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31485,
    "c": 0.06657,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E231C

secondary

#427A84

accent

#C4D751

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E231C

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