#4E180F#4E180F

#4E180F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.084 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E180F
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 15)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 80.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.03, 24.86, 19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.03, 31.41, 37.68°)
OKLab	oklab(29.42% 0.0711 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(29.42% 0.084 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.5551, 2.3080, 0.7101)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E180F #0F454E

analogous

#4E0F25 #4E180F #4E370F

triadic

#4E180F #0F4E18 #180F4E

tetradic

#4E180F #254E0F #0F454E #370F4E

square

#4E180F #254E0F #0F454E #370F4E

split-complementary

#4E180F #0F4E37 #0F254E

monochromatic

#1A0805 #1B0805 #4E180F #812819 #B53823

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#4E180F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E180F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E180F

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E180F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E180F	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27220E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560B16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e180f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.084 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85584e',
    500: '#4e180f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e180f;
$custom-light: #85584e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e180f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29419,
    "c": 0.08363,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E180F

secondary

#317C88

accent

#D2EB3D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E180F

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

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