#4E241B#4E241B

#4E241B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.066 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E241B
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 27)
HSL	hsl(11, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.89, 18.81, 15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.89, 24.08, 38.63°)
OKLab	oklab(31.65% 0.0549 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(31.65% 0.066 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.9709, 2.9610, 1.3991)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E241B #1B454E

analogous

#4E1B2B #4E241B #4E3D1B

triadic

#4E241B #1B4E24 #241B4E

tetradic

#4E241B #2B4E1B #1B454E #3D1B4E

square

#4E241B #2B4E1B #1B454E #3D1B4E

split-complementary

#4E241B #1B4E3D #1B2B4E

monochromatic

#170A08 #210F0B #4E241B #7B392B #A94E3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.19

#4E241B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E241B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E241B

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E241B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E241B	1.00	13.19	1.59	13.19
#FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561D22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e241b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.066 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f57',
    500: '#4e241b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e241b;
$custom-light: #835f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e241b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31649,
    "c": 0.06567,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E241B

secondary

#417884

accent

#C0D850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E241B

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

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