#4E291D#4E291D

#4E291D is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.059 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E291D
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 29)
HSL	hsl(15, 46%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(15, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.4%, 62.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.19, 15.87, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.19, 22.07, 44.03°)
OKLab	oklab(32.66% 0.0462 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(32.66% 0.059 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.1569, 3.2947, 1.5792)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E291D #1D424E

analogous

#4E1D29 #4E291D #4E411D

triadic

#4E291D #1D4E29 #291D4E

tetradic

#4E291D #294E1D #1D424E #411D4E

square

#4E291D #294E1D #1D424E #411D4E

split-complementary

#4E291D #1D4E41 #1D294E

monochromatic

#160C08 #21120C #4E291D #7B402E #A7583E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#4E291D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E291D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E291D

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E291D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E291D	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B361D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e291d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.059 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826359',
    500: '#4e291d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e291d;
$custom-light: #826359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e291d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.694,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32655,
    "c": 0.05919,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E291D

secondary

#447483

accent

#B5D552

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E291D

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

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