#4E150E#4E150E

#4E150E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.087 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E150E
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 14)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(7, 82%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 82.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.45, 26.33, 19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.45, 32.47, 35.81°)
OKLab	oklab(28.98% 0.0754 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(28.98% 0.087 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.4897, 2.1882, 0.6540)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E150E #0E474E

analogous

#4E0E27 #4E150E #4E350E

triadic

#4E150E #0E4E15 #150E4E

tetradic

#4E150E #274E0E #0E474E #350E4E

square

#4E150E #274E0E #0E474E #350E4E

split-complementary

#4E150E #0E4E35 #0E274E

monochromatic

#1A0705 #1A0705 #4E150E #822317 #B63121

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.61

#4E150E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4E150E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E150E

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E150E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E150E	1.00	14.61	1.44	14.61
#FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25210D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570514

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e150e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.087 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85564d',
    500: '#4e150e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e150e;
$custom-light: #85564d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e150e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.563,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28977,
    "c": 0.08724,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E150E

secondary

#2F7F89

accent

#D9EC3B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E150E

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

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