#4E1521#4E1521

#4E1521 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.086 H 11.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1521
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 33)
HSL	hsl(347, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(347, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 57.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.83, 27.73, 6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.83, 28.55, 13.76°)
OKLab	oklab(29.39% 0.0839 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(29.39% 0.086 11.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.6849, 2.2663, 1.6819)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1521 #154E42

analogous

#4E153E #4E1521 #4E2615

triadic

#4E1521 #214E15 #15214E

tetradic

#4E1521 #3E4E15 #154E42 #26154E

square

#4E1521 #3E4E15 #154E42 #26154E

split-complementary

#4E1521 #154E26 #153E4E

monochromatic

#18060A #1E080D #4E1521 #7E2235 #AE2F4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.45

#4E1521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#4E1521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1521

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1521	1.00	14.45	1.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560B1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.086 11.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83565c',
    500: '#4e1521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1521;
$custom-light: #83565c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.368,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29386,
    "c": 0.08566,
    "h": 11.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1521

secondary

#398676

accent

#E1C047

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0304

muted

#7C7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1521

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

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