#4E1417#4E1417

#4E1417 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.087 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1417
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 23)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.42, 27.36, 13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.42, 30.46, 26.08°)
OKLab	oklab(29% 0.0808 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(29% 0.087 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.5471, 2.1824, 1.0449)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1417 #144E4B

analogous

#4E1434 #4E1417 #4E2E14

triadic

#4E1417 #174E14 #14174E

tetradic

#4E1417 #344E14 #144E4B #2E144E

square

#4E1417 #344E14 #144E4B #2E144E

split-complementary

#4E1417 #144E2E #14344E

monochromatic

#180607 #1D0809 #4E1417 #7F2025 #AF2D34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.62

#4E1417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4E1417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1417

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1417	1.00	14.62	1.44	14.62
#FFFFFF	14.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560616

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.087 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845653',
    500: '#4e1417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1417;
$custom-light: #845653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.897,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29003,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1417

secondary

#388682

accent

#E2DA45

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1417

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

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