#4E1811#4E1811

#4E1811 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.083 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1811
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 17)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.06, 24.97, 18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.06, 30.85, 35.97°)
OKLab	oklab(29.45% 0.0719 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(29.45% 0.083 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.5701, 2.3139, 0.7888)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1811 #11474E

analogous

#4E1128 #4E1811 #4E3611

triadic

#4E1811 #114E18 #18114E

tetradic

#4E1811 #284E11 #11474E #36114E

square

#4E1811 #284E11 #11474E #36114E

split-complementary

#4E1811 #114E36 #11284E

monochromatic

#190805 #1C0906 #4E1811 #80271C #B23727

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#4E1811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E1811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1811

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1811	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560B17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.083 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85584f',
    500: '#4e1811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1811;
$custom-light: #85584f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.885,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29449,
    "c": 0.08314,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1811

secondary

#337E87

accent

#D4E741

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1811

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

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