#4E1B16#4E1B16

#4E1B16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.078 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B16
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 22)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.75, 23.68, 15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.75, 28.43, 33.62°)
OKLab	oklab(30% 0.069 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(30% 0.078 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.6790, 2.4620, 1.0404)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B16 #16494E

analogous

#4E162D #4E1B16 #4E3716

triadic

#4E1B16 #164E1B #1B164E

tetradic

#4E1B16 #2D4E16 #16494E #37164E

square

#4E1B16 #2D4E16 #16494E #37164E

split-complementary

#4E1B16 #164E37 #162D4E

monochromatic

#180807 #1E0A09 #4E1B16 #7E2C23 #AD3C31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.07

#4E1B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#4E1B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B16

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B16	1.00	14.07	1.49	14.07
#FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56111A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.078 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a53',
    500: '#4e1b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b16;
$custom-light: #845a53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.357,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29996,
    "c": 0.07832,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B16

secondary

#3A7F85

accent

#D2DF49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B16

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

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