#4E121C#4E121C

#4E121C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.089 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E121C
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 28)
HSL	hsl(350, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(350, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.19, 28.67, 9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.19, 30.21, 18.37°)
OKLab	oklab(28.87% 0.0861 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(28.87% 0.089 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.5681, 2.1367, 1.3229)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E121C #124E44

analogous

#4E123A #4E121C #4E2612

triadic

#4E121C #1C4E12 #121C4E

tetradic

#4E121C #3A4E12 #124E44 #26124E

square

#4E121C #3A4E12 #124E44 #26124E

split-complementary

#4E121C #124E26 #123A4E

monochromatic

#190609 #1C070A #4E121C #801D2E #B12940

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.71

#4E121C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4E121C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E121C

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E121C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E121C	1.00	14.71	1.43	14.71
#FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560516

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e121c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.089 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845557',
    500: '#4e121c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e121c;
$custom-light: #845557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e121c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28869,
    "c": 0.08923,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E121C

secondary

#358779

accent

#E6CA42

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E121C

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

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