#4E1A12#4E1A12

#4E1A12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.081 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A12
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 18)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.47, 23.96, 18.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.47, 29.99, 36.97°)
OKLab	oklab(29.77% 0.069 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(29.77% 0.081 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.6208, 2.4027, 0.8452)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A12 #12464E

analogous

#4E1228 #4E1A12 #4E3812

triadic

#4E1A12 #124E1A #1A124E

tetradic

#4E1A12 #284E12 #12464E #38124E

square

#4E1A12 #284E12 #12464E #38124E

split-complementary

#4E1A12 #124E38 #12284E

monochromatic

#190806 #1C0907 #4E1A12 #802B1D #B13B29

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#4E1A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#4E1A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A12

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A12	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560E18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.081 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855950',
    500: '#4e1a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a12;
$custom-light: #855950;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29768,
    "c": 0.08054,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A12

secondary

#357C87

accent

#D0E642

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A12

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

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