#4E1517#4E1517

#4E1517 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.086 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1517
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 23)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.59, 26.88, 13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.59, 30.13, 26.86°)
OKLab	oklab(29.14% 0.0793 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(29.14% 0.086 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.5651, 2.2184, 1.0509)
Luminance	0.0222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1517 #154E4C

analogous

#4E1534 #4E1517 #4E3015

triadic

#4E1517 #174E15 #15174E

tetradic

#4E1517 #344E15 #154E4C #30154E

square

#4E1517 #344E15 #154E4C #30154E

split-complementary

#4E1517 #154E30 #15344E

monochromatic

#180607 #1E0809 #4E1517 #7E2225 #AE2F33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.55

#4E1517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4E1517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1517

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1517	1.00	14.55	1.44	14.55
#FFFFFF	14.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560716

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.086 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845653',
    500: '#4e1517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1517;
$custom-light: #845653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.895,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29136,
    "c": 0.08568,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1517

secondary

#398683

accent

#E1DB47

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1517

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

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