#4E1016#4E1016

#4E1016 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.092 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1016
RGB	rgb(78, 16, 22)
HSL	hsl(354, 66%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(354, 79%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.74, 29.09, 13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.74, 31.97, 24.48°)
OKLab	oklab(28.49% 0.0861 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(28.49% 0.092 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.4724, 2.0487, 0.9715)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1016 #104E48

analogous

#4E1035 #4E1016 #4E2910

triadic

#4E1016 #164E10 #10164E

tetradic

#4E1016 #354E10 #104E48 #29104E

square

#4E1016 #354E10 #104E48 #29104E

split-complementary

#4E1016 #104E29 #10354E

monochromatic

#190507 #1B0608 #4E1016 #811A24 #B42533

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.90

#4E1016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#4E1016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1016

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1016	1.00	14.90	1.41	14.90
#FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312C14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 16, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.092 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855452',
    500: '#4e1016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1016;
$custom-light: #855452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.194,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28493,
    "c": 0.09167,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1016

secondary

#32887F

accent

#E9D83F

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1016

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

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