#4E160A#4E160A

#4E160A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.087 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E160A
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 10)
HSL	hsl(11, 77%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(11, 87%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 87.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.58, 25.65, 20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.58, 33.15, 39.29°)
OKLab	oklab(29.06% 0.0724 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(29.06% 0.087 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.4840, 2.2159, 0.5314)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E160A #0A424E

analogous

#4E0A20 #4E160A #4E380A

triadic

#4E160A #0A4E16 #160A4E

tetradic

#4E160A #204E0A #0A424E #380A4E

square

#4E160A #204E0A #0A424E #380A4E

split-complementary

#4E160A #0A4E38 #0A204E

monochromatic

#1B0803 #1B0803 #4E160A #842511 #BA3518

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.55

#4E160A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4E160A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E160A

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E160A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E160A	1.00	14.55	1.44	14.55
#FFFFFF	14.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262108

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570614

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e160a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.087 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85564b',
    500: '#4e160a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e160a;
$custom-light: #85564b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e160a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29064,
    "c": 0.08707,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E160A

secondary

#29798B

accent

#D2F434

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E160A

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

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