#4E251F#4E251F

#4E251F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.063 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E251F
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 31)
HSL	hsl(8, 43%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(8, 60%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 60.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.21, 18.57, 12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.21, 22.52, 34.46°)
OKLab	oklab(31.92% 0.0548 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(31.92% 0.063 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.0511, 3.0422, 1.6699)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E251F #1F484E

analogous

#4E1F31 #4E251F #4E3D1F

triadic

#4E251F #1F4E25 #251F4E

tetradic

#4E251F #314E1F #1F484E #3D1F4E

square

#4E251F #314E1F #1F484E #3D1F4E

split-complementary

#4E251F #1F4E3D #1F314E

monochromatic

#160A09 #22100E #4E251F #7A3A30 #A64F42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.06

#4E251F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E251F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E251F

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E251F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E251F	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)

#2F2B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551E24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e251f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.063 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83605a',
    500: '#4e251f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e251f;
$custom-light: #83605a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e251f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.66,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31922,
    "c": 0.0631,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E251F

secondary

#467B83

accent

#C3D355

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E251F

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

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