#4E251E#4E251E

#4E251E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.063 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E251E
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 30)
HSL	hsl(9, 44%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(9, 62%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 61.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.19, 18.47, 13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.19, 22.82, 35.95°)
OKLab	oklab(31.9% 0.0544 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(31.9% 0.063 31)
XYZ	xyz(4.0381, 3.0370, 1.6016)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E251E #1E474E

analogous

#4E1E2F #4E251E #4E3D1E

triadic

#4E251E #1E4E25 #251E4E

tetradic

#4E251E #2F4E1E #1E474E #3D1E4E

square

#4E251E #2F4E1E #1E474E #3D1E4E

split-complementary

#4E251E #1E4E3D #1E2F4E

monochromatic

#160A09 #22100D #4E251E #7A3A2F #A64F40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.06

#4E251E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E251E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E251E

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E251E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E251E	1.00	13.06	1.61	13.06
#FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551E23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e251e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.063 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836059',
    500: '#4e251e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e251e;
$custom-light: #836059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e251e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.75,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.319,
    "c": 0.06341,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.03037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E251E

secondary

#457A83

accent

#C1D454

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E251E

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

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