#4E1A16#4E1A16

#4E1A16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.080 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A16
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 22)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.54, 24.23, 15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.54, 28.75, 32.59°)
OKLab	oklab(29.84% 0.0707 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(29.84% 0.08 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.6565, 2.4169, 1.0329)
Luminance	0.0242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A16 #164A4E

analogous

#4E162E #4E1A16 #4E3616

triadic

#4E1A16 #164E1A #1A164E

tetradic

#4E1A16 #2E4E16 #164A4E #36164E

square

#4E1A16 #2E4E16 #164A4E #36164E

split-complementary

#4E1A16 #164E36 #162E4E

monochromatic

#180807 #1E0A09 #4E1A16 #7E2A23 #AD3A31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.16

#4E1A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#4E1A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A16

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A16	1.00	14.16	1.48	14.16
#FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560F19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.080 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845953',
    500: '#4e1a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a16;
$custom-light: #845953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29839,
    "c": 0.07957,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A16

secondary

#3A8085

accent

#D5DF49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A16

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