#4E1519#4E1519

#4E1519 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.085 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1519
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 25)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 67.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.63, 27.03, 12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.63, 29.68, 24.38°)
OKLab	oklab(29.18% 0.0802 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(29.18% 0.085 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.5859, 2.2267, 1.1605)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1519 #154E4A

analogous

#4E1536 #4E1519 #4E2E15

triadic

#4E1519 #194E15 #15194E

tetradic

#4E1519 #364E15 #154E4A #2E154E

square

#4E1519 #364E15 #154E4A #2E154E

split-complementary

#4E1519 #154E2E #15364E

monochromatic

#180608 #1E080A #4E1519 #7E2228 #AE2F38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.53

#4E1519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#4E1519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1519

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1519	1.00	14.53	1.45	14.53
#FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560817

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.085 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845655',
    500: '#4e1519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1519;
$custom-light: #845655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.789,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2918,
    "c": 0.08549,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1519

secondary

#398680

accent

#E1D647

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1519

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

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