#4E1E16#4E1E16

#4E1E16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.075 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E16
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 22)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.39, 21.99, 16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.39, 27.51, 36.95°)
OKLab	oklab(30.49% 0.0637 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(30.49% 0.075 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.7513, 2.6066, 1.0645)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E16 #16464E

analogous

#4E162A #4E1E16 #4E3A16

triadic

#4E1E16 #164E1E #1E164E

tetradic

#4E1E16 #2A4E16 #16464E #3A164E

square

#4E1E16 #2A4E16 #16464E #3A164E

split-complementary

#4E1E16 #164E3A #162A4E

monochromatic

#180907 #1E0C09 #4E1E16 #7E3023 #AD4331

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.80

#4E1E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4E1E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E16

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E16	1.00	13.80	1.52	13.80
#FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56151C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.075 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b53',
    500: '#4e1e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e16;
$custom-light: #845b53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30486,
    "c": 0.07461,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E16

secondary

#3A7B85

accent

#CADF49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E16

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

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