#4E1211#4E1211

#4E1211 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.090 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1211
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 17)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.97, 27.91, 16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.97, 32.56, 31.01°)
OKLab	oklab(28.64% 0.0811 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(28.64% 0.09 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.4597, 2.0933, 0.7521)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1211 #114D4E

analogous

#4E112E #4E1211 #4E3011

triadic

#4E1211 #114E12 #12114E

tetradic

#4E1211 #2E4E11 #114D4E #30114E

square

#4E1211 #2E4E11 #114D4E #30114E

split-complementary

#4E1211 #114E30 #112E4E

monochromatic

#190605 #1C0606 #4E1211 #801E1C #B22927

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.80

#4E1211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#4E1211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1211

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1211	1.00	14.80	1.42	14.80
#FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#231F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570212

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.090 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85544f',
    500: '#4e1211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1211;
$custom-light: #85544f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.984,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28635,
    "c": 0.09,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1211

secondary

#338687

accent

#E4E741

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1211

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

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