#4E1014#4E1014

#4E1014 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.092 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1014
RGB	rgb(78, 16, 20)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 74.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.70, 28.96, 14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.70, 32.42, 26.71°)
OKLab	oklab(28.45% 0.0852 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(28.45% 0.092 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.4538, 2.0413, 0.8738)
Luminance	0.0204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1014 #104E4A

analogous

#4E1033 #4E1014 #4E2B10

triadic

#4E1014 #144E10 #10144E

tetradic

#4E1014 #334E10 #104E4A #2B104E

square

#4E1014 #334E10 #104E4A #2B104E

split-complementary

#4E1014 #104E2B #10334E

monochromatic

#190507 #1B0607 #4E1014 #811A21 #B4252E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.91

#4E1014 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#4E1014 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1014

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1014	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1014	1.00	14.91	1.41	14.91
#FFFFFF	14.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312C12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1014;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 16, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.092 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855451',
    500: '#4e1014',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1014;
$custom-light: #855451;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1014",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.129,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28452,
    "c": 0.09183,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1014

secondary

#328882

accent

#E9DE3F

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1014

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

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