#4E0A09#4E0A09

#4E0A09 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.099 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0A09
RGB	rgb(78, 10, 9)
HSL	hsl(1, 79%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(1, 88%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.2%, 88.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.72, 30.71, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.72, 36.13, 31.80°)
OKLab	oklab(27.67% 0.088 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(27.67% 0.099 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.3001, 1.8570, 0.4431)
Luminance	0.0186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0A09 #094D4E

analogous

#4E092A #4E0A09 #4E2D09

triadic

#4E0A09 #094E0A #0A094E

tetradic

#4E0A09 #2A4E09 #094D4E #2D094E

square

#4E0A09 #2A4E09 #094D4E #2D094E

split-complementary

#4E0A09 #094E2D #092A4E

monochromatic

#1B0403 #1B0403 #4E0A09 #85110F #BC1816

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.31

#4E0A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#4E0A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0A09

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0A09	1.00	15.31	1.37	15.31
#FFFFFF	15.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302A06

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 10, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.099 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86514a',
    500: '#4e0a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0a09;
$custom-light: #86514a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.87,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27667,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0A09

secondary

#288A8B

accent

#F3F632

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0A09

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

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