#4E1412#4E1412

#4E1412 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.088 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1412
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 18)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.33, 27.03, 16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.33, 31.74, 31.59°)
OKLab	oklab(28.91% 0.0786 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(28.91% 0.088 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.5016, 2.1642, 0.8055)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1412 #124C4E

analogous

#4E122E #4E1412 #4E3212

triadic

#4E1412 #124E14 #14124E

tetradic

#4E1412 #2E4E12 #124C4E #32124E

square

#4E1412 #2E4E12 #124C4E #32124E

split-complementary

#4E1412 #124E32 #122E4E

monochromatic

#190606 #1C0707 #4E1412 #80211D #B12E29

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.66

#4E1412 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4E1412 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1412

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1412	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1412	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)

#242111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560514

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1412;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.088 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855650',
    500: '#4e1412',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1412;
$custom-light: #855650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1412",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28907,
    "c": 0.08758,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1412

secondary

#358487

accent

#E0E642

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1412

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

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