#4E0B17#4E0B17

#4E0B17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.097 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0B17
RGB	rgb(78, 11, 23)
HSL	hsl(349, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(349, 86%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.07, 31.10, 11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.07, 33.21, 20.56°)
OKLab	oklab(28% 0.0928 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(28% 0.097 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.4166, 1.9214, 1.0014)
Luminance	0.0192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0B17 #0B4E42

analogous

#4E0B38 #4E0B17 #4E210B

triadic

#4E0B17 #174E0B #0B174E

tetradic

#4E0B17 #384E0B #0B4E42 #210B4E

square

#4E0B17 #384E0B #0B4E42 #210B4E

split-complementary

#4E0B17 #0B4E21 #0B384E

monochromatic

#1B0408 #1B0408 #4E0B17 #841327 #B91A37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.17

#4E0B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#4E0B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0B17

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0B17	1.00	15.17	1.38	15.17
#FFFFFF	15.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 11, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.097 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855253',
    500: '#4e0b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0b17;
$custom-light: #855253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.254,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28001,
    "c": 0.09689,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0B17

secondary

#2B8A79

accent

#F2D036

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0202

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0B17

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

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