#4E170E#4E170E

#4E170E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.085 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E170E
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(8, 82%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 82.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.82, 25.32, 19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.82, 31.94, 37.54°)
OKLab	oklab(29.26% 0.0723 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(29.26% 0.085 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.5279, 2.2647, 0.6667)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E170E #0E454E

analogous

#4E0E25 #4E170E #4E370E

triadic

#4E170E #0E4E17 #170E4E

tetradic

#4E170E #254E0E #0E454E #370E4E

square

#4E170E #254E0E #0E454E #370E4E

split-complementary

#4E170E #0E4E37 #0E254E

monochromatic

#1A0805 #1A0805 #4E170E #822617 #B63621

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.45

#4E170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#4E170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E170E

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E170E	1.00	14.45	1.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26220D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570915

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.085 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85574d',
    500: '#4e170e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e170e;
$custom-light: #85574d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.438,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29258,
    "c": 0.085,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E170E

secondary

#2F7C89

accent

#D3EC3B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E170E

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

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