#4E111B#4E111B

#4E111B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.090 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E111B
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 27)
HSL	hsl(350, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(350, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.00, 29.03, 9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.00, 30.71, 18.99°)
OKLab	oklab(28.72% 0.087 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(28.72% 0.09 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.5405, 2.1002, 1.2557)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E111B #114E44

analogous

#4E1139 #4E111B #4E2511

triadic

#4E111B #1B4E11 #111B4E

tetradic

#4E111B #394E11 #114E44 #25114E

square

#4E111B #394E11 #114E44 #25114E

split-complementary

#4E111B #114E25 #11394E

monochromatic

#190509 #1C060A #4E111B #801C2C #B2273E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.79

#4E111B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#4E111B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E111B

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E111B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E111B	1.00	14.79	1.42	14.79
#FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560315

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e111b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.090 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845457',
    500: '#4e111b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e111b;
$custom-light: #845457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e111b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.164,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28724,
    "c": 0.09042,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E111B

secondary

#33877A

accent

#E7CC41

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E111B

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

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