#4E0E12#4E0E12

#4E0E12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.094 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0E12
RGB	rgb(78, 14, 18)
HSL	hsl(356, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(356, 82%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.37, 29.66, 15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.37, 33.43, 27.47°)
OKLab	oklab(28.19% 0.0869 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(28.19% 0.094 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.4085, 1.9780, 0.7745)
Luminance	0.0198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0E12 #0E4E4A

analogous

#4E0E32 #4E0E12 #4E2A0E

triadic

#4E0E12 #124E0E #0E124E

tetradic

#4E0E12 #324E0E #0E4E4A #2A0E4E

square

#4E0E12 #324E0E #0E4E4A #2A0E4E

split-complementary

#4E0E12 #0E4E2A #0E324E

monochromatic

#1A0506 #1A0506 #4E0E12 #82171E #B6212A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.05

#4E0E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#4E0E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0E12

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0E12	1.00	15.05	1.40	15.05
#FFFFFF	15.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 14, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.094 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85534f',
    500: '#4e0e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0e12;
$custom-light: #85534f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28194,
    "c": 0.09414,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0E12

secondary

#2F8983

accent

#ECE13B

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0E12

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

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