#4E312C#4E312C

#4E312C is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.044 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E312C
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 44)
HSL	hsl(9, 28%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(9, 44%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.2%, 43.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 12.48, 8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 15.17, 34.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.67% 0.0377 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(34.67% 0.044 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6950, 3.9985, 2.9069)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E312C #2C494E

analogous

#4E2C38 #4E312C #4E422C

triadic

#4E312C #2C4E31 #312C4E

tetradic

#4E312C #384E2C #2C494E #422C4E

square

#4E312C #384E2C #2C494E #422C4E

split-complementary

#4E312C #2C4E42 #2C384E

monochromatic

#140C0B #271816 #4E312C #754A42 #9C6258

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#4E312C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E312C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E312C

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E312C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E312C	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37352C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542D30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e312c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.044 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816965',
    500: '#4e312c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e312c;
$custom-light: #816965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e312c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.824,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34668,
    "c": 0.04364,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E312C

secondary

#567A80

accent

#B6C464

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0605

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E312C

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