#4E0D17#4E0D17

#4E0D17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.095 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0D17
RGB	rgb(78, 13, 23)
HSL	hsl(351, 71%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(351, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.33, 30.37, 12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.33, 32.65, 21.56°)
OKLab	oklab(28.19% 0.0904 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(28.19% 0.095 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.4408, 1.9699, 1.0095)
Luminance	0.0197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0D17 #0D4E44

analogous

#4E0D37 #4E0D17 #4E230D

triadic

#4E0D17 #174E0D #0D174E

tetradic

#4E0D17 #374E0D #0D4E44 #230D4E

square

#4E0D17 #374E0D #0D4E44 #230D4E

split-complementary

#4E0D17 #0D4E23 #0D374E

monochromatic

#1A0408 #1A0408 #4E0D17 #821626 #B71E36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.07

#4E0D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#4E0D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0D17

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0D17	1.00	15.07	1.39	15.07
#FFFFFF	15.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 13, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.095 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855253',
    500: '#4e0d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0d17;
$custom-light: #855253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28193,
    "c": 0.09488,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0D17

secondary

#2E897B

accent

#EED23A

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0202

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0D17

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

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