#4E1B15#4E1B15

#4E1B15 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.079 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B15
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 21)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(6, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 73.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.73, 23.61, 16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.73, 28.75, 34.79°)
OKLab	oklab(29.98% 0.0686 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(29.98% 0.079 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.6695, 2.4582, 0.9906)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B15 #15484E

analogous

#4E152C #4E1B15 #4E3815

triadic

#4E1B15 #154E1B #1B154E

tetradic

#4E1B15 #2C4E15 #15484E #38154E

square

#4E1B15 #2C4E15 #15484E #38154E

split-complementary

#4E1B15 #154E38 #152C4E

monochromatic

#180806 #1E0A08 #4E1B15 #7E2C22 #AE3C2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.08

#4E1B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#4E1B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B15

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B15	1.00	14.08	1.49	14.08
#FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56101A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.079 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a52',
    500: '#4e1b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b15;
$custom-light: #845a52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29977,
    "c": 0.07856,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B15

secondary

#397E86

accent

#D1E147

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B15

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

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