#4E0C12#4E0C12

#4E0C12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.096 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0C12
RGB	rgb(78, 12, 18)
HSL	hsl(355, 73%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(355, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.6%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.10, 30.43, 15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.10, 33.96, 26.36°)
OKLab	oklab(27.99% 0.0894 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(27.99% 0.096 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.3829, 1.9268, 0.7659)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0C12 #0C4E48

analogous

#4E0C33 #4E0C12 #4E270C

triadic

#4E0C12 #124E0C #0C124E

tetradic

#4E0C12 #334E0C #0C4E48 #270C4E

square

#4E0C12 #334E0C #0C4E48 #270C4E

split-complementary

#4E0C12 #0C4E27 #0C334E

monochromatic

#1B0406 #1B0406 #4E0C12 #83141E #B81C2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.16

#4E0C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#4E0C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0C12

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0C12	1.00	15.16	1.39	15.16
#FFFFFF	15.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302B10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 12, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.096 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85524f',
    500: '#4e0c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0c12;
$custom-light: #85524f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27991,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0C12

secondary

#2C8A81

accent

#F0DF38

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0202

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0C12

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

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