#4E1819#4E1819

#4E1819 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.082 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1819
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 25)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 67.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.20, 25.52, 12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.20, 28.63, 26.95°)
OKLab	oklab(29.6% 0.0754 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(29.6% 0.082 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.6443, 2.3436, 1.1800)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1819 #184E4D

analogous

#4E1834 #4E1819 #4E3218

triadic

#4E1819 #194E18 #18194E

tetradic

#4E1819 #344E18 #184E4D #32184E

square

#4E1819 #344E18 #184E4D #32184E

split-complementary

#4E1819 #184E32 #18344E

monochromatic

#170707 #1F0A0A #4E1819 #7D2628 #AC3537

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.30

#4E1819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4E1819 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1819

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1819	1.00	14.30	1.47	14.30
#FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560D19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.082 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845855',
    500: '#4e1819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1819;
$custom-light: #845855;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.889,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.296,
    "c": 0.08163,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1819

secondary

#3D8583

accent

#DCDA4B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E8

border

#CBC5C4

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1819

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

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