#4E111C#4E111C

#4E111C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.090 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E111C
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 28)
HSL	hsl(349, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.03, 29.12, 9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.03, 30.57, 17.72°)
OKLab	oklab(28.75% 0.0875 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(28.75% 0.09 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.5523, 2.1049, 1.3176)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E111C #114E43

analogous

#4E113A #4E111C #4E2411

triadic

#4E111C #1C4E11 #111C4E

tetradic

#4E111C #3A4E11 #114E43 #24114E

square

#4E111C #3A4E11 #114E43 #24114E

split-complementary

#4E111C #114E24 #113A4E

monochromatic

#190509 #1C060A #4E111C #801C2E #B22740

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.78

#4E111C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#4E111C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E111C

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E111C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E111C	1.00	14.78	1.42	14.78
#FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560316

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e111c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.090 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845457',
    500: '#4e111c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e111c;
$custom-light: #845457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e111c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.18,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2875,
    "c": 0.09046,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E111C

secondary

#338778

accent

#E7C941

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E111C

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

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