#4E141B#4E141B

#4E141B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.087 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E141B
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 27)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.50, 27.67, 10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.50, 29.65, 21.06°)
OKLab	oklab(29.1% 0.0827 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(29.1% 0.087 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5902, 2.1996, 1.2722)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E141B #144E47

analogous

#4E1438 #4E141B #4E2A14

triadic

#4E141B #1B4E14 #141B4E

tetradic

#4E141B #384E14 #144E47 #2A144E

square

#4E141B #384E14 #144E47 #2A144E

split-complementary

#4E141B #144E2A #14384E

monochromatic

#180608 #1D080A #4E141B #7F202C #AF2D3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.59

#4E141B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4E141B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E141B

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E141B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E141B	1.00	14.59	1.44	14.59
#FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23211B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560717

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e141b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.087 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845657',
    500: '#4e141b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e141b;
$custom-light: #845657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e141b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.759,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29095,
    "c": 0.08668,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E141B

secondary

#38867D

accent

#E2CF45

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E141B

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

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