#4E1617#4E1617

#4E1617 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.084 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1617
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 23)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.78, 26.38, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.78, 29.80, 27.69°)
OKLab	oklab(29.27% 0.0777 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(29.27% 0.084 23)
XYZ	xyz(3.5838, 2.2559, 1.0572)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1617 #164E4D

analogous

#4E1633 #4E1617 #4E3116

triadic

#4E1617 #174E16 #16174E

tetradic

#4E1617 #334E16 #164E4D #31164E

square

#4E1617 #334E16 #164E4D #31164E

split-complementary

#4E1617 #164E31 #16334E

monochromatic

#180707 #1E0909 #4E1617 #7E2325 #AD3133

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.47

#4E1617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#4E1617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1617

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1617	1.00	14.47	1.45	14.47
#FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560917

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.084 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845753',
    500: '#4e1617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1617;
$custom-light: #845753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.929,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29273,
    "c": 0.08443,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.02255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1617

secondary

#3A8584

accent

#DFDD49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1617

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

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