#4E251D#4E251D

#4E251D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.064 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E251D
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 29)
HSL	hsl(10, 46%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(10, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 62.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.17, 18.37, 14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.17, 23.13, 37.40°)
OKLab	oklab(31.88% 0.0539 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(31.88% 0.064 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.0255, 3.0320, 1.5354)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E251D #1D464E

analogous

#4E1D2D #4E251D #4E3D1D

triadic

#4E251D #1D4E25 #251D4E

tetradic

#4E251D #2D4E1D #1D464E #3D1D4E

square

#4E251D #2D4E1D #1D464E #3D1D4E

split-complementary

#4E251D #1D4E3D #1D2D4E

monochromatic

#160B08 #21100C #4E251D #7B3A2E #A74F3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.07

#4E251D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E251D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E251D

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E251D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E251D	1.00	13.07	1.61	13.07
#FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561E23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e251d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.064 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836059',
    500: '#4e251d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e251d;
$custom-light: #836059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e251d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.796,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31878,
    "c": 0.06375,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E251D

secondary

#447983

accent

#C0D552

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E251D

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

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