#4E251A#4E251A

#4E251A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.065 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E251A
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 26)
HSL	hsl(13, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(13, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.12, 18.11, 15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.12, 24.15, 41.44°)
OKLab	oklab(31.82% 0.0525 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(31.82% 0.065 36)
XYZ	xyz(3.9902, 3.0179, 1.3495)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E251A #1A434E

analogous

#4E1A29 #4E251A #4E3F1A

triadic

#4E251A #1A4E25 #251A4E

tetradic

#4E251A #294E1A #1A434E #3F1A4E

square

#4E251A #294E1A #1A434E #3F1A4E

split-complementary

#4E251A #1A4E3F #1A294E

monochromatic

#170B08 #200F0B #4E251A #7C3B29 #AA5139

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.10

#4E251A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E251A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E251A

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E251A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E251A	1.00	13.10	1.60	13.10
#FFFFFF	13.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561E22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e251a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.065 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836056',
    500: '#4e251a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e251a;
$custom-light: #836056;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e251a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.692,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31817,
    "c": 0.06489,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.03017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E251A

secondary

#407684

accent

#BCDA4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E251A

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

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