#4E0311#4E0311

#4E0311 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.105 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0311
RGB	rgb(78, 3, 17)
HSL	hsl(349, 93%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(349, 96%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 96.2%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.98, 33.51, 14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.98, 36.40, 22.99°)
OKLab	oklab(27.16% 0.099 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(27.16% 0.105 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.2760, 1.7258, 0.6908)
Luminance	0.0173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0311 #034E40

analogous

#4E0336 #4E0311 #4E1A03

triadic

#4E0311 #114E03 #03114E

tetradic

#4E0311 #364E03 #034E40 #1A034E

square

#4E0311 #364E03 #034E40 #1A034E

split-complementary

#4E0311 #034E1A #03364E

monochromatic

#1D0106 #1D0106 #4E0311 #89051E #C4082B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.61

#4E0311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#4E0311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0311

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0311	1.00	15.61	1.35	15.61
#FFFFFF	15.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E290E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570009

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 3, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.105 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#864e4f',
    500: '#4e0311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0311;
$custom-light: #864e4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 3,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.8,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27156,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0311

secondary

#1E8E79

accent

#FFD729

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0311

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

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