#4E0D11#4E0D11

#4E0D11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.095 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0D11
RGB	rgb(78, 13, 17)
HSL	hsl(356, 71%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(356, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.21, 30.00, 15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.21, 33.91, 27.81°)
OKLab	oklab(28.07% 0.0877 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(28.07% 0.095 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.3874, 1.9485, 0.7280)
Luminance	0.0195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0D11 #0D4E4A

analogous

#4E0D31 #4E0D11 #4E290D

triadic

#4E0D11 #114E0D #0D114E

tetradic

#4E0D11 #314E0D #0D4E4A #290D4E

square

#4E0D11 #314E0D #0D4E4A #290D4E

split-complementary

#4E0D11 #0D4E29 #0D314E

monochromatic

#1A0406 #1A0406 #4E0D11 #82161C #B71E28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.11

#4E0D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#4E0D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0D11

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0D11	1.00	15.11	1.39	15.11
#FFFFFF	15.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 13, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.095 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85524f',
    500: '#4e0d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0d11;
$custom-light: #85524f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.308,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28072,
    "c": 0.09524,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0D11

secondary

#2E8983

accent

#EEE33A

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0D11

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

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