#4E121E#4E121E

#4E121E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.089 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E121E
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 30)
HSL	hsl(348, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 61.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.24, 28.85, 8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.24, 29.98, 15.76°)
OKLab	oklab(28.92% 0.087 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(28.92% 0.089 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.5929, 2.1465, 1.4532)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E121E #124E42

analogous

#4E123C #4E121E #4E2412

triadic

#4E121E #1E4E12 #121E4E

tetradic

#4E121E #3C4E12 #124E42 #24124E

square

#4E121E #3C4E12 #124E42 #24124E

split-complementary

#4E121E #124E24 #123C4E

monochromatic

#19060A #1C070B #4E121E #801D31 #B12944

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.69

#4E121E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4E121E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E121E

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E121E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E121E	1.00	14.69	1.43	14.69
#FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560517

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e121e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.089 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845559',
    500: '#4e121e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e121e;
$custom-light: #845559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e121e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28922,
    "c": 0.08935,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E121E

secondary

#358777

accent

#E6C542

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E121E

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

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