#4E1E1B#4E1E1B

#4E1E1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.073 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E1B
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.49, 22.38, 13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.49, 26.01, 30.61°)
OKLab	oklab(30.59% 0.066 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(30.59% 0.073 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.8043, 2.6278, 1.3436)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E1B #1B4B4E

analogous

#4E1B31 #4E1E1B #4E371B

triadic

#4E1E1B #1B4E1E #1E1B4E

tetradic

#4E1E1B #314E1B #1B4B4E #371B4E

square

#4E1E1B #314E1B #1B4B4E #371B4E

split-complementary

#4E1E1B #1B4E37 #1B314E

monochromatic

#170908 #210D0B #4E1E1B #7B2F2B #A9413A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.77

#4E1E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4E1E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E1B

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E1B	1.00	13.77	1.53	13.77
#FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A271A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36311A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56151E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.073 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c57',
    500: '#4e1e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e1b;
$custom-light: #835c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30586,
    "c": 0.07335,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E1B

secondary

#418084

accent

#D0D850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E1B

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

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