#4E160B#4E160B

#4E160B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.087 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E160B
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 11)
HSL	hsl(10, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(10, 86%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 85.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.59, 25.69, 20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.59, 32.92, 38.70°)
OKLab	oklab(29.08% 0.0728 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(29.08% 0.087 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.4896, 2.2182, 0.5609)
Luminance	0.0222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E160B #0B434E

analogous

#4E0B21 #4E160B #4E380B

triadic

#4E160B #0B4E16 #160B4E

tetradic

#4E160B #214E0B #0B434E #380B4E

square

#4E160B #214E0B #0B434E #380B4E

split-complementary

#4E160B #0B4E38 #0B214E

monochromatic

#1B0804 #1B0804 #4E160B #842513 #B9341A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.55

#4E160B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4E160B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E160B

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E160B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E160B	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)

#262109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570714

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e160b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.087 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85564b',
    500: '#4e160b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e160b;
$custom-light: #85564b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e160b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.851,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29076,
    "c": 0.08683,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E160B

secondary

#2B7A8A

accent

#D3F236

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E160B

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

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