#4E1B0B#4E1B0B

#4E1B0B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.081 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B0B
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 11)
HSL	hsl(14, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(14, 86%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 85.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.59, 23.04, 21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.59, 31.72, 43.42°)
OKLab	oklab(29.83% 0.0646 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(29.83% 0.081 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5946, 2.4282, 0.5960)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B0B #0B3E4E

analogous

#4E0B1D #4E1B0B #4E3C0B

triadic

#4E1B0B #0B4E1B #1B0B4E

tetradic

#4E1B0B #1D4E0B #0B3E4E #3C0B4E

square

#4E1B0B #1D4E0B #0B3E4E #3C0B4E

split-complementary

#4E1B0B #0B4E3C #0B1D4E

monochromatic

#1B0904 #1B0904 #4E1B0B #842E13 #B9401A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.14

#4E1B0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#4E1B0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B0B

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B0B	1.00	14.14	1.49	14.14
#FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#362F09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570F18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.081 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85594c',
    500: '#4e1b0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b0b;
$custom-light: #85594c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.328,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29829,
    "c": 0.08142,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B0B

secondary

#2B738A

accent

#C5F236

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0401

muted

#7D7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B0B

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

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