#4E1821#4E1821

#4E1821 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.081 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1821
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 33)
HSL	hsl(350, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(350, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 57.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.38, 26.23, 7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.38, 27.29, 16.07°)
OKLab	oklab(29.8% 0.0791 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(29.8% 0.081 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.7433, 2.3832, 1.7014)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1821 #184E45

analogous

#4E183C #4E1821 #4E2A18

triadic

#4E1821 #214E18 #18214E

tetradic

#4E1821 #3C4E18 #184E45 #2A184E

square

#4E1821 #3C4E18 #184E45 #2A184E

split-complementary

#4E1821 #184E2A #183C4E

monochromatic

#17070A #1F0A0D #4E1821 #7D2635 #AC3549

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#4E1821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#4E1821 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1821

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1821	1.00	14.22	1.48	14.22
#FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560F1C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.081 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83585c',
    500: '#4e1821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1821;
$custom-light: #83585c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.298,
    "c": 0.08141,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1821

secondary

#3D8579

accent

#DCC44B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0304

muted

#7C7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1821

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

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