#4E1C14#4E1C14

#4E1C14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.078 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C14
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 20)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 74.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.92, 22.98, 17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.92, 28.77, 36.98°)
OKLab	oklab(30.12% 0.0664 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(30.12% 0.078 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.6838, 2.5012, 0.9505)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C14 #14464E

analogous

#4E1429 #4E1C14 #4E3914

triadic

#4E1C14 #144E1C #1C144E

tetradic

#4E1C14 #294E14 #14464E #39144E

square

#4E1C14 #294E14 #14464E #39144E

split-complementary

#4E1C14 #144E39 #14294E

monochromatic

#180906 #1D0B08 #4E1C14 #7F2D20 #AF3F2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.00

#4E1C14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#4E1C14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C14

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C14	1.00	14.00	1.50	14.00
#FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363013

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56121A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.078 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a51',
    500: '#4e1c14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c14;
$custom-light: #845a51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30119,
    "c": 0.0776,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C14

secondary

#387B86

accent

#CDE245

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C14

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

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