#4E231D#4E231D

#4E231D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.066 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E231D
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(7, 46%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(7, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 62.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.68, 19.60, 13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.68, 23.75, 34.39°)
OKLab	oklab(31.51% 0.0577 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(31.51% 0.066 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.9650, 2.9109, 1.5152)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E231D #1D484E

analogous

#4E1D2F #4E231D #4E3B1D

triadic

#4E231D #1D4E23 #231D4E

tetradic

#4E231D #2F4E1D #1D484E #3B1D4E

square

#4E231D #2F4E1D #1D484E #3B1D4E

split-complementary

#4E231D #1D4E3B #1D2F4E

monochromatic

#160A08 #210F0C #4E231D #7B372E #A74B3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#4E231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E231D

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E231D	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38331C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561C22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.066 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f59',
    500: '#4e231d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e231d;
$custom-light: #835f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.347,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31507,
    "c": 0.06627,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E231D

secondary

#447B83

accent

#C5D552

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E231D

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

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