#4E1416#4E1416

#4E1416 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.087 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1416
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 22)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.40, 27.29, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.40, 30.70, 27.27°)
OKLab	oklab(28.98% 0.0804 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(28.98% 0.087 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5372, 2.1784, 0.9931)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1416 #144E4C

analogous

#4E1433 #4E1416 #4E2F14

triadic

#4E1416 #164E14 #14164E

tetradic

#4E1416 #334E14 #144E4C #2F144E

square

#4E1416 #334E14 #144E4C #2F144E

split-complementary

#4E1416 #144E2F #14334E

monochromatic

#180607 #1D0808 #4E1416 #7F2024 #AF2D31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.63

#4E1416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4E1416 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1416

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1416	1.00	14.63	1.44	14.63
#FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560615

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.087 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855653',
    500: '#4e1416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1416;
$custom-light: #855653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.931,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28983,
    "c": 0.08701,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1416

secondary

#388684

accent

#E2DD45

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1416

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

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