#4E0E1B#4E0E1B

#4E0E1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.094 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0E1B
RGB	rgb(78, 14, 27)
HSL	hsl(348, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(348, 82%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.56, 30.28, 9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.56, 31.70, 17.24°)
OKLab	oklab(28.39% 0.091 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(28.39% 0.094 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.4971, 2.0134, 1.2412)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0E1B #0E4E41

analogous

#4E0E3B #4E0E1B #4E210E

triadic

#4E0E1B #1B4E0E #0E1B4E

tetradic

#4E0E1B #3B4E0E #0E4E41 #210E4E

square

#4E0E1B #3B4E0E #0E4E41 #210E4E

split-complementary

#4E0E1B #0E4E21 #0E3B4E

monochromatic

#1A0509 #1A0509 #4E0E1B #82172D #B6213F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.97

#4E0E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#4E0E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0E1B

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0E1B	1.00	14.97	1.40	14.97
#FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 14, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.094 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845357',
    500: '#4e0e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0e1b;
$custom-light: #845357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.813,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28392,
    "c": 0.09391,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0E1B

secondary

#2F8976

accent

#ECC83B

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#F0E7E9

border

#CBC3C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0E1B

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

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