#4E180C#4E180C

#4E180C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.084 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E180C
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 12)
HSL	hsl(11, 73%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(11, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 84.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.99, 24.71, 20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.99, 32.19, 39.86°)
OKLab	oklab(29.38% 0.0699 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(29.38% 0.084 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.5353, 2.3000, 0.6055)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E180C #0C424E

analogous

#4E0C21 #4E180C #4E390C

triadic

#4E180C #0C4E18 #180C4E

tetradic

#4E180C #214E0C #0C424E #390C4E

square

#4E180C #214E0C #0C424E #390C4E

split-complementary

#4E180C #0C4E39 #0C214E

monochromatic

#1B0804 #1B0804 #4E180C #832814 #B8391C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.38

#4E180C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E180C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E180C

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E180C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E180C	1.00	14.38	1.46	14.38
#FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27220A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352E0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570A16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e180c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.084 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85584c',
    500: '#4e180c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e180c;
$custom-light: #85584c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e180c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29378,
    "c": 0.08441,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E180C

secondary

#2C798A

accent

#CFF038

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E180C

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

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