#4E110B#4E110B

#4E110B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.092 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E110B
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 11)
HSL	hsl(5, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(5, 86%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 85.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.72, 28.06, 19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.72, 34.17, 34.80°)
OKLab	oklab(28.42% 0.0801 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(28.42% 0.092 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.4031, 2.0453, 0.5321)
Luminance	0.0204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E110B #0B484E

analogous

#4E0B27 #4E110B #4E320B

triadic

#4E110B #0B4E11 #110B4E

tetradic

#4E110B #274E0B #0B484E #320B4E

square

#4E110B #274E0B #0B484E #320B4E

split-complementary

#4E110B #0B4E32 #0B274E

monochromatic

#1B0604 #1B0604 #4E110B #841D13 #B9281A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.90

#4E110B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#4E110B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E110B

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E110B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E110B	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)

#231F0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e110b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.092 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86544b',
    500: '#4e110b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e110b;
$custom-light: #86544b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e110b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.373,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28424,
    "c": 0.09213,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E110B

secondary

#2B828A

accent

#E1F236

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E110B

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

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