#4E161C#4E161C

#4E161C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.084 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E161C
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 28)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.88, 26.78, 10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.88, 28.75, 21.31°)
OKLab	oklab(29.39% 0.08 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(29.39% 0.084 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.6387, 2.2778, 1.3464)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E161C #164E48

analogous

#4E1638 #4E161C #4E2C16

triadic

#4E161C #1C4E16 #161C4E

tetradic

#4E161C #384E16 #164E48 #2C164E

square

#4E161C #384E16 #164E48 #2C164E

split-complementary

#4E161C #164E2C #16384E

monochromatic

#180709 #1E090B #4E161C #7E232D #AD313E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.43

#4E161C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E161C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E161C

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E161C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E161C	1.00	14.43	1.46	14.43
#FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24221C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560B19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e161c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.084 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845757',
    500: '#4e161c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e161c;
$custom-light: #845757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e161c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29386,
    "c": 0.08405,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E161C

secondary

#3A857D

accent

#DFCF49

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E161C

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

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