#4E1E23#4E1E23

#4E1E23 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.073 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E23
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 35)
HSL	hsl(354, 44%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(354, 62%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 55.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.67, 23.16, 7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.67, 24.47, 18.85°)
OKLab	oklab(30.78% 0.0697 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(30.78% 0.073 16)
XYZ	xyz(3.9098, 2.6700, 1.8993)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E23 #1E4E49

analogous

#4E1E3B #4E1E23 #4E311E

triadic

#4E1E23 #234E1E #1E234E

tetradic

#4E1E23 #3B4E1E #1E4E49 #311E4E

square

#4E1E23 #3B4E1E #1E4E49 #311E4E

split-complementary

#4E1E23 #1E4E31 #1E3B4E

monochromatic

#16090A #220D0F #4E1E23 #7A2F37 #A6404B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.69

#4E1E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4E1E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E23

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E23	1.00	13.69	1.53	13.69
#FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551720

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.073 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c5d',
    500: '#4e1e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e23;
$custom-light: #835c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.75,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30784,
    "c": 0.07253,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.0267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E23

secondary

#45837D

accent

#D4C754

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E23

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →