#4E1618#4E1618

#4E1618 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.084 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1618
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 24)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.80, 26.46, 13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.80, 29.55, 26.46°)
OKLab	oklab(29.29% 0.0782 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(29.29% 0.084 22)
XYZ	xyz(3.5940, 2.2600, 1.1109)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1618 #164E4C

analogous

#4E1634 #4E1618 #4E3016

triadic

#4E1618 #184E16 #16184E

tetradic

#4E1618 #344E16 #164E4C #30164E

square

#4E1618 #344E16 #164E4C #30164E

split-complementary

#4E1618 #164E30 #16344E

monochromatic

#180707 #1E0909 #4E1618 #7E2327 #AD3135

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.46

#4E1618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#4E1618 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1618

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1618	1.00	14.46	1.45	14.46
#FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560917

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.084 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845754',
    500: '#4e1618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1618;
$custom-light: #845754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29294,
    "c": 0.08432,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.02259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1618

secondary

#3A8583

accent

#DFDA49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1618

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

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