#4E0F17#4E0F17

#4E0F17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.093 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0F17
RGB	rgb(78, 15, 23)
HSL	hsl(352, 68%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(352, 81%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.61, 29.58, 12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.61, 32.06, 22.68°)
OKLab	oklab(28.4% 0.0879 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(28.4% 0.093 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.4677, 2.0237, 1.0185)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0F17 #0F4E46

analogous

#4E0F36 #4E0F17 #4E260F

triadic

#4E0F17 #174E0F #0F174E

tetradic

#4E0F17 #364E0F #0F4E46 #260F4E

square

#4E0F17 #364E0F #0F4E46 #260F4E

split-complementary

#4E0F17 #0F4E26 #0F364E

monochromatic

#1A0508 #1B0508 #4E0F17 #811926 #B52335

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.95

#4E0F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#4E0F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0F17

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0F17	1.00	14.95	1.40	14.95
#FFFFFF	14.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312C15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 15, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.093 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855353',
    500: '#4e0f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0f17;
$custom-light: #855353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.381,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28403,
    "c": 0.09274,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0F17

secondary

#31887D

accent

#EBD53D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0F17

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

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