#4E181C#4E181C

#4E181C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.081 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E181C
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 28)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.26, 25.76, 10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.26, 27.99, 23.02°)
OKLab	oklab(29.67% 0.0768 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(29.67% 0.081 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.6785, 2.3573, 1.3597)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E181C #184E4A

analogous

#4E1837 #4E181C #4E2F18

triadic

#4E181C #1C4E18 #181C4E

tetradic

#4E181C #374E18 #184E4A #2F184E

square

#4E181C #374E18 #184E4A #2F184E

split-complementary

#4E181C #184E2F #18374E

monochromatic

#170708 #1F0A0B #4E181C #7D262D #AC353E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.27

#4E181C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4E181C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E181C

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E181C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E181C	1.00	14.27	1.47	14.27
#FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25231C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560E1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e181c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.081 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845857',
    500: '#4e181c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e181c;
$custom-light: #845857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e181c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29669,
    "c": 0.08136,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E181C

secondary

#3D857F

accent

#DCD24B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E181C

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

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