#4E1421#4E1421

#4E1421 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.087 H 11.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1421
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 33)
HSL	hsl(347, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 57.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.65, 28.21, 6.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.65, 28.96, 13.07°)
OKLab	oklab(29.26% 0.0854 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(29.26% 0.087 11)
XYZ	xyz(3.6669, 2.2303, 1.6759)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1421 #144E41

analogous

#4E143E #4E1421 #4E2414

triadic

#4E1421 #214E14 #14214E

tetradic

#4E1421 #3E4E14 #144E41 #24144E

square

#4E1421 #3E4E14 #144E41 #24144E

split-complementary

#4E1421 #144E24 #143E4E

monochromatic

#18060A #1D080C #4E1421 #7F2036 #AF2D4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#4E1421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#4E1421 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1421

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1421	1.00	14.52	1.45	14.52
#FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560919

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.087 11.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84565b',
    500: '#4e1421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1421;
$custom-light: #84565b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.552,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29256,
    "c": 0.08705,
    "h": 11
  },
  "luminance": 0.0223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1421

secondary

#388675

accent

#E2BF45

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0304

muted

#7C7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1421

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

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