#4E1717#4E1717

#4E1717 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.083 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1717
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 23)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(0, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.96, 25.88, 14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.96, 29.46, 28.55°)
OKLab	oklab(29.41% 0.0761 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(29.41% 0.083 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.6033, 2.2948, 1.0637)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1717 #174E4E

analogous

#4E1733 #4E1717 #4E3317

triadic

#4E1717 #174E17 #17174E

tetradic

#4E1717 #334E17 #174E4E #33174E

square

#4E1717 #334E17 #174E4E #33174E

split-complementary

#4E1717 #174E33 #17334E

monochromatic

#180707 #1F0909 #4E1717 #7D2525 #AD3333

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#4E1717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E1717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1717

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1717	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)

#252217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560B18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.083 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845753',
    500: '#4e1717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1717;
$custom-light: #845753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29413,
    "c": 0.08317,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1717

secondary

#3C8585

accent

#DEDE4A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1717

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

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