#4E261B#4E261B

#4E261B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.063 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E261B
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(13, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(13, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.38, 17.57, 15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.38, 23.53, 41.70°)
OKLab	oklab(32.03% 0.0511 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(32.03% 0.063 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.0331, 3.0855, 1.4199)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E261B #1B434E

analogous

#4E1B29 #4E261B #4E3F1B

triadic

#4E261B #1B4E26 #261B4E

tetradic

#4E261B #294E1B #1B434E #3F1B4E

square

#4E261B #294E1B #1B434E #3F1B4E

split-complementary

#4E261B #1B4E3F #1B294E

monochromatic

#170B08 #21100B #4E261B #7B3C2B #A9523A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.99

#4E261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4E261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E261B

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E261B	1.00	12.99	1.62	12.99
#FFFFFF	12.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A341A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561F23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.063 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836157',
    500: '#4e261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e261b;
$custom-light: #836157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.941,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32027,
    "c": 0.06335,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E261B

secondary

#417584

accent

#BBD850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E261B

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

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