#4E1812#4E1812

#4E1812 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.083 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1812
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 18)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.07, 25.03, 17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.07, 30.57, 35.03°)
OKLab	oklab(29.47% 0.0723 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(29.47% 0.083 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.5781, 2.3171, 0.8310)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1812 #12484E

analogous

#4E122A #4E1812 #4E3612

triadic

#4E1812 #124E18 #18124E

tetradic

#4E1812 #2A4E12 #12484E #36124E

square

#4E1812 #2A4E12 #12484E #36124E

split-complementary

#4E1812 #124E36 #122A4E

monochromatic

#190806 #1C0907 #4E1812 #80271D #B13729

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.35

#4E1812 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E1812 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1812

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1812	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1812	1.00	14.35	1.46	14.35
#FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560B17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1812;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.083 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855850',
    500: '#4e1812',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1812;
$custom-light: #855850;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1812",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29465,
    "c": 0.0829,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1812

secondary

#357F87

accent

#D5E642

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1812

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

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