#4E1513#4E1513

#4E1513 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.086 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1513
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 19)
HSL	hsl(2, 61%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(2, 76%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 75.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.52, 26.61, 16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.52, 31.18, 31.41°)
OKLab	oklab(29.06% 0.0775 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(29.06% 0.086 26)
XYZ	xyz(3.5280, 2.2036, 0.8555)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1513 #134C4E

analogous

#4E132F #4E1513 #4E3313

triadic

#4E1513 #134E15 #15134E

tetradic

#4E1513 #2F4E13 #134C4E #33134E

square

#4E1513 #2F4E13 #134C4E #33134E

split-complementary

#4E1513 #134E33 #132F4E

monochromatic

#190706 #1D0807 #4E1513 #7F221F #B02F2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.58

#4E1513 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4E1513 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1513

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1513	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1513	1.00	14.58	1.44	14.58
#FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560615

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1513;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.086 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855650',
    500: '#4e1513',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1513;
$custom-light: #855650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1513",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.034,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29058,
    "c": 0.08625,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.02203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1513

secondary

#368487

accent

#DFE444

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1513

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

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