#4E1516#4E1516

#4E1516 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.086 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1516
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 22)
HSL	hsl(359, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.57, 26.81, 14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.57, 30.38, 28.07°)
OKLab	oklab(29.12% 0.0788 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(29.12% 0.086 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.5552, 2.2145, 0.9991)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1516 #154E4D

analogous

#4E1533 #4E1516 #4E3115

triadic

#4E1516 #164E15 #15164E

tetradic

#4E1516 #334E15 #154E4D #31154E

square

#4E1516 #334E15 #154E4D #31154E

split-complementary

#4E1516 #154E31 #15334E

monochromatic

#180607 #1E0808 #4E1516 #7E2224 #AE2F31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#4E1516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4E1516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1516

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1516	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560716

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.086 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855653',
    500: '#4e1516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1516;
$custom-light: #855653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.947,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29115,
    "c": 0.08579,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1516

secondary

#398685

accent

#E1DE47

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1516

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

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