#4E090A#4E090A

#4E090A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.100 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E090A
RGB	rgb(78, 9, 10)
HSL	hsl(359, 79%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(359, 88%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 88.5%, 87.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.61, 31.09, 18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.61, 36.17, 30.74°)
OKLab	oklab(27.59% 0.0894 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(27.59% 0.1 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2948, 1.8375, 0.4683)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E090A #094E4D

analogous

#4E092D #4E090A #4E2A09

triadic

#4E090A #0A4E09 #090A4E

tetradic

#4E090A #2D4E09 #094E4D #2A094E

square

#4E090A #2D4E09 #094E4D #2A094E

split-complementary

#4E090A #094E2A #092D4E

monochromatic

#1B0304 #1B0304 #4E090A #850F11 #BC1618

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.36

#4E090A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#4E090A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E090A

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E090A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E090A	1.00	15.36	1.37	15.36
#FFFFFF	15.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302A07

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57000A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e090a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 9, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.100 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86504b',
    500: '#4e090a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e090a;
$custom-light: #86504b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e090a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.13,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27591,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E090A

secondary

#288B8A

accent

#F6F332

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E090A

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

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