#4E2318#4E2318

#4E2318 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.068 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2318
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 24)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.59, 19.17, 16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.59, 25.40, 41.00°)
OKLab	oklab(31.41% 0.0554 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(31.41% 0.068 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9081, 2.8882, 1.2156)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2318 #18434E

analogous

#4E1828 #4E2318 #4E3E18

triadic

#4E2318 #184E23 #23184E

tetradic

#4E2318 #284E18 #18434E #3E184E

square

#4E2318 #284E18 #18434E #3E184E

split-complementary

#4E2318 #184E3E #18284E

monochromatic

#170A07 #1F0E0A #4E2318 #7D3826 #AC4D35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.31

#4E2318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E2318 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2318

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2318	1.00	13.31	1.58	13.31
#FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561B20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.068 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f55',
    500: '#4e2318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2318;
$custom-light: #835f55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.222,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31405,
    "c": 0.06798,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2318

secondary

#3D7685

accent

#BFDC4B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2318

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

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