#4E281F#4E281F

#4E281F is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.059 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E281F
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 31)
HSL	hsl(11, 43%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(11, 60%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 60.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.97, 16.70, 13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.97, 21.62, 39.42°)
OKLab	oklab(32.5% 0.0491 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(32.5% 0.059 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1483, 3.2366, 1.7023)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E281F #1F454E

analogous

#4E1F2E #4E281F #4E401F

triadic

#4E281F #1F4E28 #281F4E

tetradic

#4E281F #2E4E1F #1F454E #401F4E

square

#4E281F #2E4E1F #1F454E #401F4E

split-complementary

#4E281F #1F4E40 #1F2E4E

monochromatic

#160B09 #22120E #4E281F #7A3E30 #A65542

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#4E281F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E281F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E281F

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E281F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E281F	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B361E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e281f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.059 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82625a',
    500: '#4e281f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e281f;
$custom-light: #82625a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e281f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.489,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32499,
    "c": 0.0594,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E281F

secondary

#467783

accent

#BBD355

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E281F

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

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