#4E0D15#4E0D15

#4E0D15 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.095 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0D15
RGB	rgb(78, 13, 21)
HSL	hsl(353, 71%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(353, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 73.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.29, 30.23, 13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.29, 33.06, 23.86°)
OKLab	oklab(28.15% 0.0895 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(28.15% 0.095 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.4215, 1.9622, 0.9079)
Luminance	0.0196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0D15 #0D4E46

analogous

#4E0D36 #4E0D15 #4E250D

triadic

#4E0D15 #154E0D #0D154E

tetradic

#4E0D15 #364E0D #0D4E46 #250D4E

square

#4E0D15 #364E0D #0D4E46 #250D4E

split-complementary

#4E0D15 #0D4E25 #0D364E

monochromatic

#1A0407 #1A0407 #4E0D15 #821623 #B71E31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.08

#4E0D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#4E0D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0D15

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0D15	1.00	15.08	1.39	15.08
#FFFFFF	15.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302B13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 13, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.095 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855252',
    500: '#4e0d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0d15;
$custom-light: #855252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.615,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2815,
    "c": 0.09493,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0D15

secondary

#2E897E

accent

#EED83A

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0202

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0D15

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

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