#4E1018#4E1018

#4E1018 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.092 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1018
RGB	rgb(78, 16, 24)
HSL	hsl(352, 66%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(352, 79%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.78, 29.23, 11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.78, 31.55, 22.09°)
OKLab	oklab(28.54% 0.087 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(28.54% 0.092 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.4924, 2.0567, 1.0771)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1018 #104E46

analogous

#4E1037 #4E1018 #4E2710

triadic

#4E1018 #184E10 #10184E

tetradic

#4E1018 #374E10 #104E46 #27104E

square

#4E1018 #374E10 #104E46 #27104E

split-complementary

#4E1018 #104E27 #10374E

monochromatic

#190508 #1B0608 #4E1018 #811A28 #B42537

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.88

#4E1018 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#4E1018 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1018

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1018	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1018	1.00	14.88	1.41	14.88
#FFFFFF	14.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560113

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1018;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 16, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.092 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855454',
    500: '#4e1018',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1018;
$custom-light: #855454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1018",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.258,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28537,
    "c": 0.09159,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1018

secondary

#32887D

accent

#E9D33F

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1018

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

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