#4E251B#4E251B

#4E251B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.065 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E251B
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 27)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.13, 18.19, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.13, 23.80, 40.14°)
OKLab	oklab(31.84% 0.053 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(31.84% 0.065 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0016, 3.0224, 1.4093)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E251B #1B444E

analogous

#4E1B2A #4E251B #4E3E1B

triadic

#4E251B #1B4E25 #251B4E

tetradic

#4E251B #2A4E1B #1B444E #3E1B4E

square

#4E251B #2A4E1B #1B444E #3E1B4E

split-complementary

#4E251B #1B4E3E #1B2A4E

monochromatic

#170B08 #210F0B #4E251B #7B3B2B #A9503A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.09

#4E251B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E251B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E251B

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E251B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E251B	1.00	13.09	1.60	13.09
#FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561E23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e251b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.065 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836057',
    500: '#4e251b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e251b;
$custom-light: #836057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e251b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.765,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31837,
    "c": 0.0645,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E251B

secondary

#417784

accent

#BDD850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E251B

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

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