#4E1520#4E1520

#4E1520 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.086 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1520
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 32)
HSL	hsl(348, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(348, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.80, 27.63, 7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.80, 28.63, 15.13°)
OKLab	oklab(29.36% 0.0835 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(29.36% 0.086 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.6711, 2.2608, 1.6093)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1520 #154E43

analogous

#4E153D #4E1520 #4E2715

triadic

#4E1520 #204E15 #15204E

tetradic

#4E1520 #3D4E15 #154E43 #27154E

square

#4E1520 #3D4E15 #154E43 #27154E

split-complementary

#4E1520 #154E27 #153D4E

monochromatic

#18060A #1E080C #4E1520 #7E2234 #AE2F48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.46

#4E1520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#4E1520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1520

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1520	1.00	14.46	1.45	14.46
#FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560A19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.086 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84565b',
    500: '#4e1520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1520;
$custom-light: #84565b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.421,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29357,
    "c": 0.08556,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1520

secondary

#398677

accent

#E1C347

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0304

muted

#7C7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1520

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

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