#4E1B23#4E1B23

#4E1B23 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.077 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B23
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 35)
HSL	hsl(351, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(351, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 55.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.03, 24.84, 7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.03, 25.81, 15.80°)
OKLab	oklab(30.31% 0.075 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(30.31% 0.077 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.8375, 2.5254, 1.8751)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B23 #1B4E46

analogous

#4E1B3C #4E1B23 #4E2C1B

triadic

#4E1B23 #234E1B #1B234E

tetradic

#4E1B23 #3C4E1B #1B4E46 #2C1B4E

square

#4E1B23 #3C4E1B #1B4E46 #2C1B4E

split-complementary

#4E1B23 #1B4E2C #1B3C4E

monochromatic

#17080A #210B0F #4E1B23 #7B2B37 #A93A4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.95

#4E1B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#4E1B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B23

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B23	1.00	13.95	1.51	13.95
#FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#333022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55131E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.077 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a5d',
    500: '#4e1b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b23;
$custom-light: #835a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.588,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30305,
    "c": 0.07711,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B23

secondary

#418479

accent

#D8C350

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B23

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

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