#4E161F#4E161F

#4E161F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.084 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E161F
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 31)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(350, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 60.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.95, 27.05, 8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.95, 28.32, 17.25°)
OKLab	oklab(29.46% 0.0814 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(29.46% 0.084 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.6764, 2.2929, 1.5450)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E161F #164E45

analogous

#4E163B #4E161F #4E2916

triadic

#4E161F #1F4E16 #161F4E

tetradic

#4E161F #3B4E16 #164E45 #29164E

square

#4E161F #3B4E16 #164E45 #29164E

split-complementary

#4E161F #164E29 #163B4E

monochromatic

#180709 #1E090C #4E161F #7E2332 #AD3145

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#4E161F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E161F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E161F

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E161F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E161F	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24221F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560C1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e161f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.084 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84575a',
    500: '#4e161f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e161f;
$custom-light: #84575a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e161f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.357,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29464,
    "c": 0.0841,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E161F

secondary

#3A8579

accent

#DFC749

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E161F

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

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