#4E231E#4E231E

#4E231E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.066 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E231E
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(6, 44%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 61.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.70, 19.70, 12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.70, 23.47, 32.94°)
OKLab	oklab(31.53% 0.0582 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(31.53% 0.066 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.9776, 2.9159, 1.5814)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E231E #1E494E

analogous

#4E1E31 #4E231E #4E3B1E

triadic

#4E231E #1E4E23 #231E4E

tetradic

#4E231E #314E1E #1E494E #3B1E4E

square

#4E231E #314E1E #1E494E #3B1E4E

split-complementary

#4E231E #1E4E3B #1E314E

monochromatic

#160A09 #220F0D #4E231E #7A372F #A64B40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.26

#4E231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E231E

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E231E	1.00	13.26	1.58	13.26
#FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38331D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561C22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.066 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f59',
    500: '#4e231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e231e;
$custom-light: #835f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.25,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31529,
    "c": 0.06599,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E231E

secondary

#457D83

accent

#C7D454

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E231E

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