#4E1212#4E1212

#4E1212 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.090 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1212
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 18)
HSL	hsl(0, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.99, 27.97, 16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.99, 32.32, 30.09°)
OKLab	oklab(28.65% 0.0815 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(28.65% 0.09 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.4678, 2.0965, 0.7942)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1212 #124E4E

analogous

#4E1230 #4E1212 #4E3012

triadic

#4E1212 #124E12 #12124E

tetradic

#4E1212 #304E12 #124E4E #30124E

square

#4E1212 #304E12 #124E4E #30124E

split-complementary

#4E1212 #124E30 #12304E

monochromatic

#190606 #1C0707 #4E1212 #801D1D #B12929

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.80

#4E1212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#4E1212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1212

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1212	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)

#232011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560213

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.090 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85544f',
    500: '#4e1212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1212;
$custom-light: #85544f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28652,
    "c": 0.08985,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1212

secondary

#358787

accent

#E6E642

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1212

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

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