#4E1B1C#4E1B1C

#4E1B1C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.077 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B1C
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 28)
HSL	hsl(359, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(359, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.86, 24.16, 11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.86, 26.86, 25.92°)
OKLab	oklab(30.12% 0.0717 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(30.12% 0.077 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.7438, 2.4879, 1.3814)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B1C #1B4E4D

analogous

#4E1B35 #4E1B1C #4E331B

triadic

#4E1B1C #1C4E1B #1B1C4E

tetradic

#4E1B1C #354E1B #1B4E4D #331B4E

square

#4E1B1C #354E1B #1B4E4D #331B4E

split-complementary

#4E1B1C #1B4E33 #1B354E

monochromatic

#170808 #210B0C #4E1B1C #7B2B2C #A93A3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.02

#4E1B1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#4E1B1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B1C

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B1C	1.00	14.02	1.50	14.02
#FFFFFF	14.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28251C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34301B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56121C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.077 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a58',
    500: '#4e1b1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b1c;
$custom-light: #845a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.824,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30123,
    "c": 0.07726,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B1C

secondary

#418483

accent

#D8D550

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B1C

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

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