#4E312A#4E312A

#4E312A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.044 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E312A
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 42)
HSL	hsl(12, 30%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(12, 46%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.2%, 46.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 12.21, 9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 15.71, 38.99°)
OKLab	oklab(34.62% 0.0368 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(34.62% 0.044 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6583, 3.9838, 2.7136)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E312A #2A474E

analogous

#4E2A35 #4E312A #4E432A

triadic

#4E312A #2A4E31 #312A4E

tetradic

#4E312A #354E2A #2A474E #432A4E

square

#4E312A #354E2A #2A474E #432A4E

split-complementary

#4E312A #2A4E43 #2A354E

monochromatic

#140C0B #261815 #4E312A #764A3F #9E6355

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#4E312A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E312A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E312A

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E312A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E312A	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e312a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.044 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816963',
    500: '#4e312a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e312a;
$custom-light: #816963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e312a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.667,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34615,
    "c": 0.04444,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E312A

secondary

#547780

accent

#B3C662

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E312A

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