#4E1716#4E1716

#4E1716 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.083 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1716
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 22)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.95, 25.81, 14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.95, 29.73, 29.75°)
OKLab	oklab(29.39% 0.0757 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(29.39% 0.083 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.5935, 2.2909, 1.0119)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1716 #164D4E

analogous

#4E1631 #4E1716 #4E3316

triadic

#4E1716 #164E17 #17164E

tetradic

#4E1716 #314E16 #164D4E #33164E

square

#4E1716 #314E16 #164D4E #33164E

split-complementary

#4E1716 #164E33 #16314E

monochromatic

#180707 #1E0909 #4E1716 #7E2523 #AD3331

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#4E1716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E1716 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1716

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1716	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560A17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.083 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845753',
    500: '#4e1716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1716;
$custom-light: #845753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.071,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29393,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1716

secondary

#3A8485

accent

#DDDF49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1716

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

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