#4E261D#4E261D

#4E261D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.063 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E261D
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 29)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(11, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 62.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.42, 17.76, 14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.42, 22.84, 38.98°)
OKLab	oklab(32.07% 0.052 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(32.07% 0.063 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0571, 3.0951, 1.5459)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E261D #1D454E

analogous

#4E1D2C #4E261D #4E3E1D

triadic

#4E261D #1D4E26 #261D4E

tetradic

#4E261D #2C4E1D #1D454E #3E1D4E

square

#4E261D #2C4E1D #1D454E #3E1D4E

split-complementary

#4E261D #1D4E3E #1D2C4E

monochromatic

#160B08 #21100C #4E261D #7B3C2E #A7513E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#4E261D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4E261D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E261D

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E261D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E261D	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A341C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561F24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e261d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.063 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836159',
    500: '#4e261d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e261d;
$custom-light: #836159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e261d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.02,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32068,
    "c": 0.06254,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E261D

secondary

#447883

accent

#BDD552

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E261D

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

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