#4B140B#4B140B

#4B140B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.085 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B140B
RGB	rgb(75, 20, 11)
HSL	hsl(8, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(8, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 85.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.60, 25.47, 19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.60, 31.90, 37.01°)
OKLab	oklab(28.21% 0.0724 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(28.21% 0.085 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.2126, 2.0208, 0.5374)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B140B #0B424B

analogous

#4B0B22 #4B140B #4B340B

triadic

#4B140B #0B4B14 #140B4B

tetradic

#4B140B #224B0B #0B424B #340B4B

square

#4B140B #224B0B #0B424B #340B4B

split-complementary

#4B140B #0B4B34 #0B224B

monochromatic

#1B0704 #1B0704 #4B140B #802213 #B6301B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.96

#4B140B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#4B140B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B140B

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B140B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B140B	1.00	14.96	1.40	14.96
#FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#241F0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#530512

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b140b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 20, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.085 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83554b',
    500: '#4b140b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b140b;
$custom-light: #83554b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b140b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.438,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2821,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B140B

secondary

#2B7A87

accent

#D7F137

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B140B

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

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