#4E1414#4E1414

#4E1414 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.087 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1414
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 20)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(0, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 74.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.36, 27.16, 15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.36, 31.22, 29.55°)
OKLab	oklab(28.94% 0.0795 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(28.94% 0.087 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.5187, 2.1710, 0.8955)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1414 #144E4E

analogous

#4E1431 #4E1414 #4E3114

triadic

#4E1414 #144E14 #14144E

tetradic

#4E1414 #314E14 #144E4E #31144E

square

#4E1414 #314E14 #144E4E #31144E

split-complementary

#4E1414 #144E31 #14314E

monochromatic

#180606 #1D0808 #4E1414 #7F2020 #AF2D2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.64

#4E1414 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4E1414 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1414

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1414	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1414	1.00	14.64	1.43	14.64
#FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560515

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1414;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.087 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855651',
    500: '#4e1414',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1414;
$custom-light: #855651;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1414",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28943,
    "c": 0.08726,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1414

secondary

#388686

accent

#E2E245

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1414

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

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