#4E181A#4E181A

#4E181A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.082 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E181A
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 26)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(358, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.22, 25.60, 12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.22, 28.40, 25.67°)
OKLab	oklab(29.62% 0.0759 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(29.62% 0.082 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.6553, 2.3480, 1.2378)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E181A #184E4C

analogous

#4E1835 #4E181A #4E3118

triadic

#4E181A #1A4E18 #181A4E

tetradic

#4E181A #354E18 #184E4C #31184E

square

#4E181A #354E18 #184E4C #31184E

split-complementary

#4E181A #184E31 #18354E

monochromatic

#170708 #1F0A0A #4E181A #7D262A #AC3539

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#4E181A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4E181A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E181A

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E181A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E181A	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26231A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560D19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e181a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.082 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845856',
    500: '#4e181a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e181a;
$custom-light: #845856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e181a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.778,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29623,
    "c": 0.08151,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E181A

secondary

#3D8582

accent

#DCD74B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E181A

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

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