#4E1C18#4E1C18

#4E1C18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.077 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C18
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 24)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.99, 23.27, 14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.99, 27.52, 32.24°)
OKLab	oklab(30.19% 0.0682 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(30.19% 0.077 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.7224, 2.5166, 1.1537)
Luminance	0.0252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C18 #184A4E

analogous

#4E182F #4E1C18 #4E3718

triadic

#4E1C18 #184E1C #1C184E

tetradic

#4E1C18 #2F4E18 #184A4E #37184E

square

#4E1C18 #2F4E18 #184A4E #37184E

split-complementary

#4E1C18 #184E37 #182F4E

monochromatic

#170807 #1F0B0A #4E1C18 #7D2D26 #AC3E35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.97

#4E1C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#4E1C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C18

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C18	1.00	13.97	1.50	13.97
#FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353017

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56121B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.077 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a54',
    500: '#4e1c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c18;
$custom-light: #845a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30194,
    "c": 0.0766,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C18

secondary

#3D7F85

accent

#D2DC4B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C18

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

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