#4E0201#4E0201

#4E0201 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.107 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0201
RGB	rgb(78, 2, 1)
HSL	hsl(1, 97%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(1, 99%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 97.4%, 98.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.63, 33.24, 20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.63, 39.25, 32.12°)
OKLab	oklab(26.83% 0.0935 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(26.83% 0.107 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.1695, 1.6659, 0.1834)
Luminance	0.0167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0201 #014D4E

analogous

#4E0126 #4E0201 #4E2801

triadic

#4E0201 #014E02 #02014E

tetradic

#4E0201 #264E01 #014D4E #28014E

square

#4E0201 #264E01 #014D4E #28014E

split-complementary

#4E0201 #014E28 #01264E

monochromatic

#1E0100 #1E0100 #4E0201 #8A0402 #C70503

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.75

#4E0201 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#4E0201 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0201

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0201	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0201	1.00	15.75	1.33	15.75
#FFFFFF	15.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2900

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570003

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0201;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 2, 1);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.107 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#874e47',
    500: '#4e0201',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0201;
$custom-light: #874e47;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0201",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 2,
    "b": 1
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.779,
    "s": 97.468,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26826,
    "c": 0.10721,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0201

secondary

#1B8E90

accent

#FCFF29

background

#F8F4F3

surface

#F0E7E5

border

#CBC3C1

text

#0D0200

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0201

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

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