#4E1E28#4E1E28

#4E1E28 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.073 H 9.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E28
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 40)
HSL	hsl(348, 44%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(348, 62%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 48.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.81, 23.73, 4.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.81, 24.17, 10.92°)
OKLab	oklab(30.93% 0.072 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(30.93% 0.073 9.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9894, 2.7019, 2.3185)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E28 #1E4E44

analogous

#4E1E40 #4E1E28 #4E2C1E

triadic

#4E1E28 #284E1E #1E284E

tetradic

#4E1E28 #404E1E #1E4E44 #2C1E4E

square

#4E1E28 #404E1E #1E4E44 #2C1E4E

split-complementary

#4E1E28 #1E4E2C #1E404E

monochromatic

#16090B #220D11 #4E1E28 #7A2F3F #A64055

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#4E1E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4E1E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E28

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E28	1.00	13.63	1.54	13.63
#FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551822

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.073 9.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825c61',
    500: '#4e1e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e28;
$custom-light: #825c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.5,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30933,
    "c": 0.073,
    "h": 9.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E28

secondary

#458376

accent

#D4B954

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0405

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E28

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

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