#4E1514#4E1514

#4E1514 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.086 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1514
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 20)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 74.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.54, 26.68, 15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.54, 30.91, 30.35°)
OKLab	oklab(29.08% 0.078 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(29.08% 0.086 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.5367, 2.2070, 0.9015)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1514 #144D4E

analogous

#4E1430 #4E1514 #4E3214

triadic

#4E1514 #144E15 #15144E

tetradic

#4E1514 #304E14 #144D4E #32144E

square

#4E1514 #304E14 #144D4E #32144E

split-complementary

#4E1514 #144E32 #14304E

monochromatic

#180706 #1D0808 #4E1514 #7F2220 #AF2F2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.57

#4E1514 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4E1514 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1514

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1514	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1514	1.00	14.57	1.44	14.57
#FFFFFF	14.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560715

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1514;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.086 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855651',
    500: '#4e1514',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1514;
$custom-light: #855651;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1514",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.034,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29076,
    "c": 0.08609,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1514

secondary

#388586

accent

#E0E245

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1514

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

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