#4E170F#4E170F

#4E170F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.085 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E170F
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 15)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(8, 81%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 80.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.83, 25.38, 18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.83, 31.68, 36.77°)
OKLab	oklab(29.27% 0.0727 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(29.27% 0.085 31)
XYZ	xyz(3.5349, 2.2675, 0.7034)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E170F #0F464E

analogous

#4E0F26 #4E170F #4E360F

triadic

#4E170F #0F4E17 #170F4E

tetradic

#4E170F #264E0F #0F464E #360F4E

square

#4E170F #264E0F #0F464E #360F4E

split-complementary

#4E170F #0F4E36 #0F264E

monochromatic

#1A0805 #1B0805 #4E170F #812619 #B53523

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.45

#4E170F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#4E170F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E170F

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E170F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E170F	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)

#26220E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560915

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e170f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.085 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85574e',
    500: '#4e170f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e170f;
$custom-light: #85574e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e170f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.619,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29272,
    "c": 0.08477,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.02267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E170F

secondary

#317D88

accent

#D5EB3D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E170F

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

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