#4E161A#4E161A

#4E161A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.084 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E161A
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 26)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.84, 26.61, 11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.84, 29.12, 23.92°)
OKLab	oklab(29.34% 0.0791 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(29.34% 0.084 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.6156, 2.2686, 1.2246)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E161A #164E4A

analogous

#4E1636 #4E161A #4E2E16

triadic

#4E161A #1A4E16 #161A4E

tetradic

#4E161A #364E16 #164E4A #2E164E

square

#4E161A #364E16 #164E4A #2E164E

split-complementary

#4E161A #164E2E #16364E

monochromatic

#180708 #1E090A #4E161A #7E232A #AD313A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.45

#4E161A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#4E161A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E161A

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E161A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E161A	1.00	14.45	1.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24221A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560A18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e161a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.084 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845756',
    500: '#4e161a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e161a;
$custom-light: #845756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e161a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29339,
    "c": 0.08414,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E161A

secondary

#3A8580

accent

#DFD549

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E161A

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

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