#4E1818#4E1818

#4E1818 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.082 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1818
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 24)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(0, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.18, 25.44, 13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.18, 28.87, 28.22°)
OKLab	oklab(29.58% 0.075 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(29.58% 0.082 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.6337, 2.3394, 1.1242)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1818 #184E4E

analogous

#4E1833 #4E1818 #4E3318

triadic

#4E1818 #184E18 #18184E

tetradic

#4E1818 #334E18 #184E4E #33184E

square

#4E1818 #334E18 #184E4E #33184E

split-complementary

#4E1818 #184E33 #18334E

monochromatic

#170707 #1F0A0A #4E1818 #7D2626 #AC3535

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.31

#4E1818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4E1818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1818

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1818	1.00	14.31	1.47	14.31
#FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560D19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.082 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845854',
    500: '#4e1818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1818;
$custom-light: #845854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29579,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1818

secondary

#3D8585

accent

#DCDC4B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1818

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

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