#4E161E#4E161E

#4E161E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.084 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E161E
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 30)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(351, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 61.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.93, 26.96, 9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.93, 28.45, 18.62°)
OKLab	oklab(29.44% 0.081 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(29.44% 0.084 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.6635, 2.2877, 1.4767)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E161E #164E46

analogous

#4E163A #4E161E #4E2A16

triadic

#4E161E #1E4E16 #161E4E

tetradic

#4E161E #3A4E16 #164E46 #2A164E

square

#4E161E #3A4E16 #164E46 #2A164E

split-complementary

#4E161E #164E2A #163A4E

monochromatic

#180709 #1E090C #4E161E #7E2330 #AD3143

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.41

#4E161E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E161E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E161E

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E161E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E161E	1.00	14.41	1.46	14.41
#FFFFFF	14.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24221E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560B19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e161e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.084 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845759',
    500: '#4e161e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e161e;
$custom-light: #845759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e161e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29437,
    "c": 0.08406,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E161E

secondary

#3A857B

accent

#DFCA49

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E161E

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

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