#4E1503#4E1503

#4E1503 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.090 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1503
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 3)
HSL	hsl(14, 93%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(14, 96%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 96.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.32, 25.87, 23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.32, 34.96, 42.28°)
OKLab	oklab(28.84% 0.0714 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(28.84% 0.09 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.4269, 2.1631, 0.3232)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1503 #033C4E

analogous

#4E0316 #4E1503 #4E3A03

triadic

#4E1503 #034E15 #15034E

tetradic

#4E1503 #164E03 #033C4E #3A034E

square

#4E1503 #164E03 #033C4E #3A034E

split-complementary

#4E1503 #034E3A #03164E

monochromatic

#1D0801 #1D0801 #4E1503 #892505 #C43508

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.66

#4E1503 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4E1503 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1503

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1503	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1503	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)

#262001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342D01

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570411

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1503;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 3);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.090 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865648',
    500: '#4e1503',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1503;
$custom-light: #865648;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1503",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 3
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.4,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28844,
    "c": 0.09004,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1503

secondary

#1E748E

accent

#CCFF29

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E6

border

#CBC5C2

text

#0C0300

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1503

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

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