#4E1017#4E1017

#4E1017 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.092 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1017
RGB	rgb(78, 16, 23)
HSL	hsl(353, 66%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(353, 79%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.76, 29.16, 12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.76, 31.75, 23.29°)
OKLab	oklab(28.52% 0.0866 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(28.52% 0.092 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.4822, 2.0527, 1.0233)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1017 #104E47

analogous

#4E1036 #4E1017 #4E2810

triadic

#4E1017 #174E10 #10174E

tetradic

#4E1017 #364E10 #104E47 #28104E

square

#4E1017 #364E10 #104E47 #28104E

split-complementary

#4E1017 #104E28 #10364E

monochromatic

#190507 #1B0608 #4E1017 #811A26 #B42535

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.89

#4E1017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#4E1017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1017

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1017	1.00	14.89	1.41	14.89
#FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312C15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 16, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.092 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855453',
    500: '#4e1017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1017;
$custom-light: #855453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.226,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28515,
    "c": 0.09162,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1017

secondary

#32887E

accent

#E9D63F

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1017

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

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