#4E1916#4E1916

#4E1916 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.081 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1916
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 22)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.34, 24.76, 15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.34, 29.08, 31.61°)
OKLab	oklab(29.69% 0.0724 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(29.69% 0.081 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.6347, 2.3734, 1.0256)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1916 #164B4E

analogous

#4E162F #4E1916 #4E3516

triadic

#4E1916 #164E19 #19164E

tetradic

#4E1916 #2F4E16 #164B4E #35164E

square

#4E1916 #2F4E16 #164B4E #35164E

split-complementary

#4E1916 #164E35 #162F4E

monochromatic

#180807 #1E0A09 #4E1916 #7E2823 #AD3831

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.24

#4E1916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4E1916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1916

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1916	1.00	14.24	1.47	14.24
#FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560E19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.081 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845853',
    500: '#4e1916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1916;
$custom-light: #845853;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.214,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29687,
    "c": 0.08083,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1916

secondary

#3A8185

accent

#D7DF49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1916

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

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