#4E1518#4E1518

#4E1518 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.086 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1518
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 24)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.61, 26.95, 12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.61, 29.90, 25.64°)
OKLab	oklab(29.16% 0.0798 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(29.16% 0.086 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.5753, 2.2225, 1.1047)
Luminance	0.0222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1518 #154E4B

analogous

#4E1535 #4E1518 #4E2F15

triadic

#4E1518 #184E15 #15184E

tetradic

#4E1518 #354E15 #154E4B #2F154E

square

#4E1518 #354E15 #154E4B #2F154E

split-complementary

#4E1518 #154E2F #15354E

monochromatic

#180607 #1E0809 #4E1518 #7E2227 #AE2F36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.54

#4E1518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4E1518 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1518

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1518	1.00	14.54	1.44	14.54
#FFFFFF	14.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560817

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.086 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845654',
    500: '#4e1518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1518;
$custom-light: #845654;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29157,
    "c": 0.08557,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1518

secondary

#398682

accent

#E1D947

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1518

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

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