#4E1A1E#4E1A1E

#4E1A1E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.078 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A1E
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 30)
HSL	hsl(355, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 61.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.70, 24.88, 10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.70, 26.86, 22.13°)
OKLab	oklab(30.02% 0.0744 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(30.02% 0.078 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.7459, 2.4527, 1.5042)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A1E #1A4E4A

analogous

#4E1A38 #4E1A1E #4E301A

triadic

#4E1A1E #1E4E1A #1A1E4E

tetradic

#4E1A1E #384E1A #1A4E4A #301A4E

square

#4E1A1E #384E1A #1A4E4A #301A4E

split-complementary

#4E1A1E #1A4E30 #1A384E

monochromatic

#170809 #200B0C #4E1A1E #7C2930 #AA3941

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.09

#4E1A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#4E1A1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A1E

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A1E	1.00	14.09	1.49	14.09
#FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26251E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56111C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.078 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835959',
    500: '#4e1a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a1e;
$custom-light: #835959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30017,
    "c": 0.07849,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A1E

secondary

#40847F

accent

#DACF4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A1E

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

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