#4E170A#4E170A

#4E170A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.086 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E170A
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 10)
HSL	hsl(11, 77%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(11, 87%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 87.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.77, 25.14, 21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.77, 32.90, 40.17°)
OKLab	oklab(29.21% 0.0708 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(29.21% 0.086 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5035, 2.2549, 0.5379)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E170A #0A414E

analogous

#4E0A1F #4E170A #4E390A

triadic

#4E170A #0A4E17 #170A4E

tetradic

#4E170A #1F4E0A #0A414E #390A4E

square

#4E170A #1F4E0A #0A414E #390A4E

split-complementary

#4E170A #0A4E39 #0A1F4E

monochromatic

#1B0803 #1B0803 #4E170A #842711 #BA3718

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.47

#4E170A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#4E170A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E170A

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E170A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E170A	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)

#272208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570814

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e170a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.086 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85574b',
    500: '#4e170a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e170a;
$custom-light: #85574b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e170a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.471,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29207,
    "c": 0.086,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E170A

secondary

#29788B

accent

#CFF434

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E170A

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

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