#4E1712#4E1712

#4E1712 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.084 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1712
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 18)
HSL	hsl(5, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.88, 25.55, 17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.88, 30.86, 34.12°)
OKLab	oklab(29.32% 0.0739 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(29.32% 0.084 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5578, 2.2767, 0.8242)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1712 #12494E

analogous

#4E122B #4E1712 #4E3512

triadic

#4E1712 #124E17 #17124E

tetradic

#4E1712 #2B4E12 #12494E #35124E

square

#4E1712 #2B4E12 #12494E #35124E

split-complementary

#4E1712 #124E35 #122B4E

monochromatic

#190706 #1C0807 #4E1712 #80261D #B13429

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.43

#4E1712 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E1712 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1712

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1712	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1712	1.00	14.43	1.46	14.43
#FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560A16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1712;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.084 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855750',
    500: '#4e1712',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1712;
$custom-light: #855750;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1712",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2932,
    "c": 0.08409,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1712

secondary

#358087

accent

#D8E642

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1712

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

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