#4E1B11#4E1B11

#4E1B11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.080 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B11
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 17)
HSL	hsl(10, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(10, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.67, 23.35, 18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.67, 30.02, 38.93°)
OKLab	oklab(29.91% 0.0668 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(29.91% 0.08 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.6354, 2.4445, 0.8106)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B11 #11444E

analogous

#4E1125 #4E1B11 #4E3911

triadic

#4E1B11 #114E1B #1B114E

tetradic

#4E1B11 #254E11 #11444E #39114E

square

#4E1B11 #254E11 #11444E #39114E

split-complementary

#4E1B11 #114E39 #11254E

monochromatic

#190905 #1C0A06 #4E1B11 #802C1C #B23E27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.11

#4E1B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#4E1B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B11

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B11	1.00	14.11	1.49	14.11
#FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.080 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85594f',
    500: '#4e1b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b11;
$custom-light: #85594f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.836,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2991,
    "c": 0.07963,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B11

secondary

#337A87

accent

#CCE741

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B11

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

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