#4E1111#4E1111

#4E1111 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.091 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1111
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 17)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.81, 28.35, 16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.81, 32.84, 30.31°)
OKLab	oklab(28.51% 0.0825 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(28.51% 0.091 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.4439, 2.0616, 0.7468)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1111 #114E4E

analogous

#4E112F #4E1111 #4E2F11

triadic

#4E1111 #114E11 #11114E

tetradic

#4E1111 #2F4E11 #114E4E #2F114E

square

#4E1111 #2F4E11 #114E4E #2F114E

split-complementary

#4E1111 #114E2F #112F4E

monochromatic

#190505 #1C0606 #4E1111 #801C1C #B22727

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.87

#4E1111 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#4E1111 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1111

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1111	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1111	1.00	14.87	1.41	14.87
#FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1111;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.091 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85544f',
    500: '#4e1111',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1111;
$custom-light: #85544f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1111",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28513,
    "c": 0.0911,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1111

secondary

#338787

accent

#E7E741

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1111

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

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