#4E1912#4E1912

#4E1912 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.082 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1912
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 18)
HSL	hsl(7, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.27, 24.50, 17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.27, 30.28, 35.98°)
OKLab	oklab(29.62% 0.0707 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(29.62% 0.082 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.5991, 2.3591, 0.8380)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1912 #12474E

analogous

#4E1229 #4E1912 #4E3712

triadic

#4E1912 #124E19 #19124E

tetradic

#4E1912 #294E12 #12474E #37124E

square

#4E1912 #294E12 #12474E #37124E

split-complementary

#4E1912 #124E37 #12294E

monochromatic

#190806 #1C0907 #4E1912 #80291D #B13929

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.27

#4E1912 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4E1912 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1912

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1912	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1912	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)

#272311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560D18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1912;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.082 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855850',
    500: '#4e1912',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1912;
$custom-light: #855850;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1912",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29615,
    "c": 0.08172,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1912

secondary

#357D87

accent

#D3E642

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1912

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

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