#4E121B#4E121B

#4E121B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.089 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E121B
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 27)
HSL	hsl(351, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(351, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.16, 28.59, 10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.16, 30.36, 19.65°)
OKLab	oklab(28.84% 0.0856 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(28.84% 0.089 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.5564, 2.1319, 1.2609)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E121B #124E45

analogous

#4E1239 #4E121B #4E2712

triadic

#4E121B #1B4E12 #121B4E

tetradic

#4E121B #394E12 #124E45 #27124E

square

#4E121B #394E12 #124E45 #27124E

split-complementary

#4E121B #124E27 #12394E

monochromatic

#190609 #1C070A #4E121B #801D2C #B1293D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.72

#4E121B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4E121B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E121B

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E121B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E121B	1.00	14.72	1.43	14.72
#FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22201B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560416

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e121b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.089 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845557',
    500: '#4e121b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e121b;
$custom-light: #845557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e121b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28844,
    "c": 0.0892,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E121B

secondary

#35877B

accent

#E6CD42

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E121B

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

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