#4E150C#4E150C

#4E150C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.088 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E150C
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 12)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(8, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 84.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.42, 26.24, 19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.42, 32.95, 37.22°)
OKLab	oklab(28.95% 0.0747 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(28.95% 0.088 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.4768, 2.1831, 0.5861)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E150C #0C454E

analogous

#4E0C24 #4E150C #4E360C

triadic

#4E150C #0C4E15 #150C4E

tetradic

#4E150C #244E0C #0C454E #360C4E

square

#4E150C #244E0C #0C454E #360C4E

split-complementary

#4E150C #0C4E36 #0C244E

monochromatic

#1B0704 #1B0704 #4E150C #832314 #B8321C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.62

#4E150C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4E150C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E150C

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E150C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E150C	1.00	14.62	1.44	14.62
#FFFFFF	14.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25210B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570513

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e150c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.088 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85564c',
    500: '#4e150c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e150c;
$custom-light: #85564c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e150c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2895,
    "c": 0.08769,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E150C

secondary

#2C7D8A

accent

#D7F038

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E150C

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