#4E1616#4E1616

#4E1616 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.085 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1616
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 22)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.76, 26.32, 14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.76, 30.06, 28.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.25% 0.0773 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(29.25% 0.085 24)
XYZ	xyz(3.5740, 2.2519, 1.0054)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1616 #164E4E

analogous

#4E1632 #4E1616 #4E3216

triadic

#4E1616 #164E16 #16164E

tetradic

#4E1616 #324E16 #164E4E #32164E

square

#4E1616 #324E16 #164E4E #32164E

split-complementary

#4E1616 #164E32 #16324E

monochromatic

#180707 #1E0909 #4E1616 #7E2323 #AD3131

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.48

#4E1616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#4E1616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1616

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1616	1.00	14.48	1.45	14.48
#FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560917

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.085 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845753',
    500: '#4e1616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1616;
$custom-light: #845753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29252,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.02251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1616

secondary

#3A8585

accent

#DFDF49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1616

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

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