#4E181E#4E181E

#4E181E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.081 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E181E
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 30)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 61.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.31, 25.94, 9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.31, 27.66, 20.29°)
OKLab	oklab(29.72% 0.0777 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(29.72% 0.081 17)
XYZ	xyz(3.7032, 2.3672, 1.4899)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E181E #184E48

analogous

#4E1839 #4E181E #4E2D18

triadic

#4E181E #1E4E18 #181E4E

tetradic

#4E181E #394E18 #184E48 #2D184E

square

#4E181E #394E18 #184E48 #2D184E

split-complementary

#4E181E #184E2D #18394E

monochromatic

#170709 #1F0A0C #4E181E #7D2630 #AC3542

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.25

#4E181E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4E181E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E181E

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E181E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E181E	1.00	14.25	1.47	14.25
#FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25231E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560E1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e181e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.081 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845859',
    500: '#4e181e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e181e;
$custom-light: #845859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e181e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29719,
    "c": 0.0813,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.02367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E181E

secondary

#3D857D

accent

#DCCC4B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E181E

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

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