#4E1C1B#4E1C1B

#4E1C1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.076 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C1B
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 27)
HSL	hsl(1, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.05, 23.52, 12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.05, 26.72, 28.34°)
OKLab	oklab(30.26% 0.0695 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(30.26% 0.076 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.7553, 2.5298, 1.3272)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C1B #1B4D4E

analogous

#4E1B33 #4E1C1B #4E351B

triadic

#4E1C1B #1B4E1C #1C1B4E

tetradic

#4E1C1B #334E1B #1B4D4E #351B4E

square

#4E1C1B #334E1B #1B4D4E #351B4E

split-complementary

#4E1C1B #1B4E35 #1B334E

monochromatic

#170808 #210C0B #4E1C1B #7B2C2B #A93D3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.95

#4E1C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#4E1C1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C1B

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C1B	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)

#28261B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35301A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56131C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.076 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a57',
    500: '#4e1c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c1b;
$custom-light: #845a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.176,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30258,
    "c": 0.07603,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C1B

secondary

#418384

accent

#D5D850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C1B

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

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