#4E231F#4E231F

#4E231F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.066 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E231F
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 31)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 60.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.73, 19.79, 12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.73, 23.20, 31.45°)
OKLab	oklab(31.55% 0.0586 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(31.55% 0.066 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9905, 2.9211, 1.6497)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E231F #1F4A4E

analogous

#4E1F33 #4E231F #4E3B1F

triadic

#4E231F #1F4E23 #231F4E

tetradic

#4E231F #334E1F #1F4A4E #3B1F4E

square

#4E231F #334E1F #1F4A4E #3B1F4E

split-complementary

#4E231F #1F4E3B #1F334E

monochromatic

#160A09 #220F0E #4E231F #7A3730 #A64A42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.26

#4E231F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E231F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E231F

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E231F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E231F	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)

#2D2A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38331E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551C22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e231f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.066 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f5a',
    500: '#4e231f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e231f;
$custom-light: #835f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e231f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.106,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31552,
    "c": 0.06574,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E231F

secondary

#467E83

accent

#C8D355

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E231F

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