#4E181D#4E181D

#4E181D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.081 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E181D
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 29)
HSL	hsl(354, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(354, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 62.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.28, 25.85, 10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.28, 27.81, 21.66°)
OKLab	oklab(29.69% 0.0773 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(29.69% 0.081 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.6906, 2.3622, 1.4238)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E181D #184E49

analogous

#4E1838 #4E181D #4E2E18

triadic

#4E181D #1D4E18 #181D4E

tetradic

#4E181D #384E18 #184E49 #2E184E

square

#4E181D #384E18 #184E49 #2E184E

split-complementary

#4E181D #184E2E #18384E

monochromatic

#170709 #1F0A0C #4E181D #7D262E #AC3540

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#4E181D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4E181D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E181D

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E181D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E181D	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25231D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560E1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e181d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.081 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845858',
    500: '#4e181d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e181d;
$custom-light: #845858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e181d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.444,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29694,
    "c": 0.08132,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E181D

secondary

#3D857E

accent

#DCCF4B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E181D

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

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