#4E3231#4E3231

#4E3231 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.041 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3231
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 49)
HSL	hsl(2, 23%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(2, 37%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.9%, 37.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.07, 12.56, 5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.07, 13.84, 24.90°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0382 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.041 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8370, 4.1230, 3.4462)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3231 #314D4E

analogous

#4E313F #4E3231 #4E4131

triadic

#4E3231 #314E32 #32314E

tetradic

#4E3231 #3F4E31 #314D4E #41314E

square

#4E3231 #3F4E31 #314D4E #41314E

split-complementary

#4E3231 #314E41 #313F4E

monochromatic

#130C0C #281A19 #4E3231 #744A49 #996260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#4E3231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E3231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3231

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3231	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542F32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.041 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816a69',
    500: '#4e3231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3231;
$custom-light: #816a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.069,
    "s": 22.835,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35025,
    "c": 0.04104,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3231

secondary

#5C7E7F

accent

#BCBF68

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EEEBEB

border

#C9C6C6

text

#0A0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3231

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

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