#4E281E#4E281E

#4E281E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.060 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E281E
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(13, 44%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(13, 62%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 61.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.95, 16.60, 14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.95, 21.96, 40.89°)
OKLab	oklab(32.48% 0.0486 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(32.48% 0.06 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.1353, 3.2314, 1.6340)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E281E #1E444E

analogous

#4E1E2C #4E281E #4E401E

triadic

#4E281E #1E4E28 #281E4E

tetradic

#4E281E #2C4E1E #1E444E #401E4E

square

#4E281E #2C4E1E #1E444E #401E4E

split-complementary

#4E281E #1E4E40 #1E2C4E

monochromatic

#160B09 #22110D #4E281E #7A3F2F #A65540

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.76

#4E281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E281E

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E281E	1.00	12.76	1.65	12.76
#FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B351D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.060 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826259',
    500: '#4e281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e281e;
$custom-light: #826259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.5,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32478,
    "c": 0.05982,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E281E

secondary

#457683

accent

#B9D454

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E281E

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

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