#4F231C#4F231C

#4F231C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.068 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F231C
RGB	rgb(79, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(8, 48%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 64.6%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.84, 19.96, 14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.84, 24.57, 35.67°)
OKLab	oklab(31.65% 0.0585 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(31.65% 0.068 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0354, 2.9486, 1.4550)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F231C #1C484F

analogous

#4F1C2E #4F231C #4F3C1C

triadic

#4F231C #1C4F23 #231C4F

tetradic

#4F231C #2E4F1C #1C484F #3C1C4F

square

#4F231C #2E4F1C #1C484F #3C1C4F

split-complementary

#4F231C #1C4F3C #1C2E4F

monochromatic

#170A08 #220F0C #4F231C #7C372C #A94B3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.21

#4F231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4F231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F231C

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F231C	1.00	13.21	1.59	13.21
#FFFFFF	13.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#571B21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.068 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f58',
    500: '#4f231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f231c;
$custom-light: #845f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.235,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31652,
    "c": 0.06796,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F231C

secondary

#427B85

accent

#C5D751

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F231C

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