#4E150A#4E150A

#4E150A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.088 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E150A
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 10)
HSL	hsl(10, 77%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(10, 87%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 87.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.40, 26.15, 20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.40, 33.39, 38.45°)
OKLab	oklab(28.93% 0.074 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(28.93% 0.088 33)
XYZ	xyz(3.4652, 2.1785, 0.5251)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E150A #0A434E

analogous

#4E0A21 #4E150A #4E370A

triadic

#4E150A #0A4E15 #150A4E

tetradic

#4E150A #214E0A #0A434E #370A4E

square

#4E150A #214E0A #0A434E #370A4E

split-complementary

#4E150A #0A4E37 #0A214E

monochromatic

#1B0703 #1B0703 #4E150A #842411 #BA3218

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.63

#4E150A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4E150A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E150A

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E150A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E150A	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)

#252108

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342D08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570513

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e150a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.088 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85564b',
    500: '#4e150a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e150a;
$custom-light: #85564b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e150a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.706,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28925,
    "c": 0.08814,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.02178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E150A

secondary

#297B8B

accent

#D5F434

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E150A

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

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