#4E1214#4E1214

#4E1214 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.090 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1214
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 20)
HSL	hsl(358, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(358, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 74.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.02, 28.09, 14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.02, 31.83, 28.06°)
OKLab	oklab(28.69% 0.0824 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(28.69% 0.09 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.4848, 2.1033, 0.8842)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1214 #124E4C

analogous

#4E1232 #4E1214 #4E2E12

triadic

#4E1214 #144E12 #12144E

tetradic

#4E1214 #324E12 #124E4C #2E124E

square

#4E1214 #324E12 #124E4C #2E124E

split-complementary

#4E1214 #124E2E #12324E

monochromatic

#190606 #1C0707 #4E1214 #801D21 #B1292E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.78

#4E1214 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#4E1214 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1214

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1214	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1214	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)

#232014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560213

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1214;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.090 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855551',
    500: '#4e1214',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1214;
$custom-light: #855551;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1214",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28689,
    "c": 0.08959,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1214

secondary

#358784

accent

#E6E042

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1214

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

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