#4E0C17#4E0C17

#4E0C17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.096 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0C17
RGB	rgb(78, 12, 23)
HSL	hsl(350, 73%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(350, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.6%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.20, 30.74, 11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.20, 32.94, 21.05°)
OKLab	oklab(28.1% 0.0916 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(28.1% 0.096 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.4284, 1.9450, 1.0053)
Luminance	0.0194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0C17 #0C4E43

analogous

#4E0C38 #4E0C17 #4E220C

triadic

#4E0C17 #174E0C #0C174E

tetradic

#4E0C17 #384E0C #0C4E43 #220C4E

square

#4E0C17 #384E0C #0C4E43 #220C4E

split-complementary

#4E0C17 #0C4E22 #0C384E

monochromatic

#1B0408 #1B0408 #4E0C17 #831427 #B81C36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.12

#4E0C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#4E0C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0C17

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0C17	1.00	15.12	1.39	15.12
#FFFFFF	15.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 12, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.096 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855253',
    500: '#4e0c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0c17;
$custom-light: #855253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28095,
    "c": 0.09591,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0C17

secondary

#2C8A7A

accent

#F0D138

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0202

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0C17

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

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