#4E151B#4E151B

#4E151B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.085 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E151B
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 27)
HSL	hsl(354, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.68, 27.19, 10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.68, 29.29, 21.82°)
OKLab	oklab(29.23% 0.0811 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(29.23% 0.085 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.6082, 2.2357, 1.2782)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E151B #154E48

analogous

#4E1538 #4E151B #4E2C15

triadic

#4E151B #1B4E15 #151B4E

tetradic

#4E151B #384E15 #154E48 #2C154E

square

#4E151B #384E15 #154E48 #2C154E

split-complementary

#4E151B #154E2C #15384E

monochromatic

#180608 #1E080A #4E151B #7E222C #AE2F3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.51

#4E151B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#4E151B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E151B

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E151B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E151B	1.00	14.51	1.45	14.51
#FFFFFF	14.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24221B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560918

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e151b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.085 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845657',
    500: '#4e151b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e151b;
$custom-light: #845657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e151b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29226,
    "c": 0.08539,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E151B

secondary

#39867E

accent

#E1D147

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E151B

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

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