#4E1411#4E1411

#4E1411 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.088 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1411
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 17)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.31, 26.98, 17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.31, 31.99, 32.53°)
OKLab	oklab(28.89% 0.0782 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(28.89% 0.088 27)
XYZ	xyz(3.4936, 2.1610, 0.7634)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1411 #114B4E

analogous

#4E112C #4E1411 #4E3211

triadic

#4E1411 #114E14 #14114E

tetradic

#4E1411 #2C4E11 #114B4E #32114E

square

#4E1411 #2C4E11 #114B4E #32114E

split-complementary

#4E1411 #114E32 #112C4E

monochromatic

#190605 #1C0706 #4E1411 #80211C #B22E27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.66

#4E1411 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4E1411 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1411

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1411	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1411	1.00	14.66	1.43	14.66
#FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560414

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1411;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.088 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85554f',
    500: '#4e1411',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1411;
$custom-light: #85554f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1411",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.951,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2889,
    "c": 0.08776,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.0216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1411

secondary

#338387

accent

#DFE741

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1411

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

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