#4E1B1E#4E1B1E

#4E1B1E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.077 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B1E
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 30)
HSL	hsl(356, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 61.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.91, 24.34, 10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.91, 26.46, 23.13°)
OKLab	oklab(30.17% 0.0727 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(30.17% 0.077 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.7685, 2.4978, 1.5117)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B1E #1B4E4B

analogous

#4E1B37 #4E1B1E #4E311B

triadic

#4E1B1E #1E4E1B #1B1E4E

tetradic

#4E1B1E #374E1B #1B4E4B #311B4E

square

#4E1B1E #374E1B #1B4E4B #311B4E

split-complementary

#4E1B1E #1B4E31 #1B374E

monochromatic

#170809 #210B0D #4E1B1E #7B2B2F #A93A41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.01

#4E1B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#4E1B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B1E

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B1E	1.00	14.01	1.50	14.01
#FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27251E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34301D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56121C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.077 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a59',
    500: '#4e1b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b1e;
$custom-light: #835a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30171,
    "c": 0.07708,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B1E

secondary

#418480

accent

#D8D050

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B1E

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

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