#4E1C16#4E1C16

#4E1C16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.077 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C16
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 22)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(6, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.96, 23.12, 16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.96, 28.12, 34.68°)
OKLab	oklab(30.15% 0.0673 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(30.15% 0.077 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.7023, 2.5086, 1.0482)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C16 #16484E

analogous

#4E162C #4E1C16 #4E3816

triadic

#4E1C16 #164E1C #1C164E

tetradic

#4E1C16 #2C4E16 #16484E #38164E

square

#4E1C16 #2C4E16 #16484E #38164E

split-complementary

#4E1C16 #164E38 #162C4E

monochromatic

#180907 #1E0B09 #4E1C16 #7E2D23 #AD3E31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.99

#4E1C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#4E1C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C16

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C16	1.00	13.99	1.50	13.99
#FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56121B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.077 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a53',
    500: '#4e1c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c16;
$custom-light: #845a53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30155,
    "c": 0.07707,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C16

secondary

#3A7D85

accent

#CFDF49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C16

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →