#4E1217#4E1217

#4E1217 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.089 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1217
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 23)
HSL	hsl(355, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(355, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.08, 28.29, 12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.08, 31.12, 24.61°)
OKLab	oklab(28.75% 0.0838 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(28.75% 0.089 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.5132, 2.1147, 1.0336)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1217 #124E49

analogous

#4E1235 #4E1217 #4E2B12

triadic

#4E1217 #174E12 #12174E

tetradic

#4E1217 #354E12 #124E49 #2B124E

square

#4E1217 #354E12 #124E49 #2B124E

split-complementary

#4E1217 #124E2B #12354E

monochromatic

#190607 #1C0708 #4E1217 #801D26 #B12934

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.76

#4E1217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#4E1217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1217

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1217	1.00	14.76	1.42	14.76
#FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560314

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.089 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855553',
    500: '#4e1217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1217;
$custom-light: #855553;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28751,
    "c": 0.08931,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1217

secondary

#358780

accent

#E6D842

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1217

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

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