#4E261C#4E261C

#4E261C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.063 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E261C
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 28)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.40, 17.66, 15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.40, 23.18, 40.36°)
OKLab	oklab(32.05% 0.0515 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(32.05% 0.063 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.0449, 3.0902, 1.4818)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E261C #1C444E

analogous

#4E1C2B #4E261C #4E3F1C

triadic

#4E261C #1C4E26 #261C4E

tetradic

#4E261C #2B4E1C #1C444E #3F1C4E

square

#4E261C #2B4E1C #1C444E #3F1C4E

split-complementary

#4E261C #1C4E3F #1C2B4E

monochromatic

#170B08 #21100C #4E261C #7B3C2C #A8523C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.98

#4E261C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4E261C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E261C

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E261C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E261C	1.00	12.98	1.62	12.98
#FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A341B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561F24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e261c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.063 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836158',
    500: '#4e261c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e261c;
$custom-light: #836158;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e261c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32048,
    "c": 0.06294,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E261C

secondary

#427684

accent

#BCD751

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E261C

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

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