#4E1B1A#4E1B1A

#4E1B1A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.078 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B1A
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 26)
HSL	hsl(1, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(1, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.82, 23.99, 13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.82, 27.32, 28.60°)
OKLab	oklab(30.08% 0.0708 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(30.08% 0.078 24)
XYZ	xyz(3.7206, 2.4786, 1.2596)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B1A #1A4D4E

analogous

#4E1A33 #4E1B1A #4E351A

triadic

#4E1B1A #1A4E1B #1B1A4E

tetradic

#4E1B1A #334E1A #1A4D4E #351A4E

square

#4E1B1A #334E1A #1A4D4E #351A4E

split-complementary

#4E1B1A #1A4E35 #1A334E

monochromatic

#170808 #200B0B #4E1B1A #7C2B29 #AA3B39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.04

#4E1B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#4E1B1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B1A

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B1A	1.00	14.04	1.50	14.04
#FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28251A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56111B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.078 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a56',
    500: '#4e1b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b1a;
$custom-light: #845a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.154,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30077,
    "c": 0.07753,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.02478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B1A

secondary

#408384

accent

#D7DA4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B1A

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

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