#4E1523#4E1523

#4E1523 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.086 H 9.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1523
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 35)
HSL	hsl(345, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(345, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 55.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.88, 27.93, 5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.88, 28.45, 11.00°)
OKLab	oklab(29.45% 0.0848 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(29.45% 0.086 9.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.7137, 2.2779, 1.8339)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1523 #154E40

analogous

#4E1540 #4E1523 #4E2415

triadic

#4E1523 #234E15 #15234E

tetradic

#4E1523 #404E15 #154E40 #24154E

square

#4E1523 #404E15 #154E40 #24154E

split-complementary

#4E1523 #154E24 #15404E

monochromatic

#18060B #1E080D #4E1523 #7E2239 #AE2F4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.43

#4E1523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E1523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1523

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1523	1.00	14.43	1.46	14.43
#FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560B1B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.086 9.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83575d',
    500: '#4e1523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1523;
$custom-light: #83575d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.263,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29445,
    "c": 0.08596,
    "h": 9.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1523

secondary

#398673

accent

#E1BB47

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0304

muted

#7C7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1523

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

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