#4E1915#4E1915

#4E1915 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.081 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1915
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 21)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 73.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.32, 24.69, 15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.32, 29.37, 32.78°)
OKLab	oklab(29.67% 0.072 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(29.67% 0.081 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.6252, 2.3696, 0.9758)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1915 #154A4E

analogous

#4E152E #4E1915 #4E3615

triadic

#4E1915 #154E19 #19154E

tetradic

#4E1915 #2E4E15 #154A4E #36154E

square

#4E1915 #2E4E15 #154A4E #36154E

split-complementary

#4E1915 #154E36 #152E4E

monochromatic

#180806 #1E0A08 #4E1915 #7E2822 #AE382F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.25

#4E1915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4E1915 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1915

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1915	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)

#272314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560D18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.081 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845852',
    500: '#4e1915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1915;
$custom-light: #845852;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.211,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29668,
    "c": 0.08103,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1915

secondary

#398086

accent

#D6E147

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1915

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

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