#4E0503#4E0503

#4E0503 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.104 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0503
RGB	rgb(78, 5, 3)
HSL	hsl(2, 93%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(2, 96%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 93.6%, 96.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.03, 32.22, 20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.03, 38.24, 32.58°)
OKLab	oklab(27.14% 0.091 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(27.14% 0.104 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.2130, 1.7354, 0.2519)
Luminance	0.0174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0503 #034C4E

analogous

#4E0326 #4E0503 #4E2A03

triadic

#4E0503 #034E05 #05034E

tetradic

#4E0503 #264E03 #034C4E #2A034E

square

#4E0503 #264E03 #034C4E #2A034E

split-complementary

#4E0503 #034E2A #03264E

monochromatic

#1D0201 #1D0201 #4E0503 #890905 #C40D08

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.59

#4E0503 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#4E0503 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0503

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0503	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0503	1.00	15.59	1.35	15.59
#FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302900

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570006

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0503;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 5, 3);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.104 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#874f47',
    500: '#4e0503',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0503;
$custom-light: #874f47;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0503",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 3
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.6,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27135,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0503

secondary

#1E8B8E

accent

#F9FF29

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E6

border

#CBC3C2

text

#0D0200

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0503

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

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