#4E1311#4E1311

#4E1311 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.089 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1311
RGB	rgb(78, 19, 17)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.14, 27.45, 16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.14, 32.28, 31.75°)
OKLab	oklab(28.76% 0.0797 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(28.76% 0.089 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.4763, 2.1264, 0.7576)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1311 #114C4E

analogous

#4E112D #4E1311 #4E3111

triadic

#4E1311 #114E13 #13114E

tetradic

#4E1311 #2D4E11 #114C4E #31114E

square

#4E1311 #2D4E11 #114C4E #31114E

split-complementary

#4E1311 #114E31 #112D4E

monochromatic

#190605 #1C0706 #4E1311 #801F1C #B22B27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.73

#4E1311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4E1311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1311

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1311	1.00	14.73	1.43	14.73
#FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560313

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 19, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.089 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85554f',
    500: '#4e1311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1311;
$custom-light: #85554f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.967,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2876,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1311

secondary

#338587

accent

#E2E741

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1311

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

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