#4E1816#4E1816

#4E1816 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.082 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1816
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 22)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.14, 25.29, 14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.14, 29.40, 30.66°)
OKLab	oklab(29.54% 0.0741 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(29.54% 0.082 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.6137, 2.3314, 1.0186)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1816 #164C4E

analogous

#4E1630 #4E1816 #4E3416

triadic

#4E1816 #164E18 #18164E

tetradic

#4E1816 #304E16 #164C4E #34164E

square

#4E1816 #304E16 #164C4E #34164E

split-complementary

#4E1816 #164E34 #16304E

monochromatic

#180707 #1E0909 #4E1816 #7E2723 #AD3531

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.32

#4E1816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4E1816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1816

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1816	1.00	14.32	1.47	14.32
#FFFFFF	14.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560C18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.082 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845853',
    500: '#4e1816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1816;
$custom-light: #845853;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29538,
    "c": 0.08208,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1816

secondary

#3A8385

accent

#DADF49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1816

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

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