#4E241A#4E241A

#4E241A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.066 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E241A
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 26)
HSL	hsl(12, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(12, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.87, 18.72, 15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.87, 24.42, 39.94°)
OKLab	oklab(31.63% 0.0544 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(31.63% 0.066 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.9595, 2.9565, 1.3392)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E241A #1A444E

analogous

#4E1A2A #4E241A #4E3E1A

triadic

#4E241A #1A4E24 #241A4E

tetradic

#4E241A #2A4E1A #1A444E #3E1A4E

square

#4E241A #2A4E1A #1A444E #3E1A4E

split-complementary

#4E241A #1A4E3E #1A2A4E

monochromatic

#170B08 #200F0B #4E241A #7C3929 #AA4E39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#4E241A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E241A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E241A

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E241A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E241A	1.00	13.20	1.59	13.20
#FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561D22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e241a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.066 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f56',
    500: '#4e241a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e241a;
$custom-light: #835f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e241a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31629,
    "c": 0.06605,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E241A

secondary

#407784

accent

#BFDA4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E241A

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

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