#4E251C#4E251C

#4E251C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.064 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E251C
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 28)
HSL	hsl(11, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(11, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.15, 18.28, 14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.15, 23.46, 38.79°)
OKLab	oklab(31.86% 0.0534 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(31.86% 0.064 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.0134, 3.0271, 1.4713)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E251C #1C454E

analogous

#4E1C2C #4E251C #4E3E1C

triadic

#4E251C #1C4E25 #251C4E

tetradic

#4E251C #2C4E1C #1C454E #3E1C4E

square

#4E251C #2C4E1C #1C454E #3E1C4E

split-complementary

#4E251C #1C4E3E #1C2C4E

monochromatic

#170B08 #21100C #4E251C #7B3A2C #A8503C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.08

#4E251C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E251C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E251C

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E251C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E251C	1.00	13.08	1.61	13.08
#FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561E23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e251c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.064 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836058',
    500: '#4e251c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e251c;
$custom-light: #836058;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e251c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.8,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31857,
    "c": 0.06411,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E251C

secondary

#427884

accent

#BFD751

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E251C

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

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