#4E1012#4E1012

#4E1012 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.092 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1012
RGB	rgb(78, 16, 18)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(358, 79%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.67, 28.84, 15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.67, 32.88, 28.72°)
OKLab	oklab(28.41% 0.0843 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(28.41% 0.092 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.4367, 2.0345, 0.7839)
Luminance	0.0203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1012 #104E4C

analogous

#4E1031 #4E1012 #4E2D10

triadic

#4E1012 #124E10 #10124E

tetradic

#4E1012 #314E10 #104E4C #2D104E

square

#4E1012 #314E10 #104E4C #2D104E

split-complementary

#4E1012 #104E2D #10314E

monochromatic

#190506 #1B0606 #4E1012 #811A1E #B42529

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.93

#4E1012 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#4E1012 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1012

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1012	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1012	1.00	14.93	1.41	14.93
#FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312C10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1012;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 16, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.092 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85544f',
    500: '#4e1012',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1012;
$custom-light: #85544f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1012",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.065,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28414,
    "c": 0.09204,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1012

secondary

#328885

accent

#E9E33F

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1012

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

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