#4E0D16#4E0D16

#4E0D16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.095 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0D16
RGB	rgb(78, 13, 22)
HSL	hsl(352, 71%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(352, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.31, 30.30, 12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.31, 32.85, 22.73°)
OKLab	oklab(28.17% 0.09 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(28.17% 0.095 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.4310, 1.9660, 0.9577)
Luminance	0.0197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0D16 #0D4E45

analogous

#4E0D36 #4E0D16 #4E240D

triadic

#4E0D16 #164E0D #0D164E

tetradic

#4E0D16 #364E0D #0D4E45 #240D4E

square

#4E0D16 #364E0D #0D4E45 #240D4E

split-complementary

#4E0D16 #0D4E24 #0D364E

monochromatic

#1A0407 #1A0407 #4E0D16 #821625 #B71E34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.08

#4E0D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#4E0D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0D16

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0D16	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)

#201E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302B14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 13, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.095 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855252',
    500: '#4e0d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0d16;
$custom-light: #855252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.692,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28171,
    "c": 0.0949,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0D16

secondary

#2E897C

accent

#EED53A

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0202

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0D16

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

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