#4E1718#4E1718

#4E1718 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.083 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1718
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 24)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.98, 25.95, 13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.98, 29.21, 27.32°)
OKLab	oklab(29.43% 0.0766 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(29.43% 0.083 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.6135, 2.2989, 1.1174)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1718 #174E4D

analogous

#4E1734 #4E1718 #4E3217

triadic

#4E1718 #184E17 #17184E

tetradic

#4E1718 #344E17 #174E4D #32174E

square

#4E1718 #344E17 #174E4D #32174E

split-complementary

#4E1718 #174E32 #17344E

monochromatic

#180707 #1F0909 #4E1718 #7D2527 #AD3335

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.39

#4E1718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E1718 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1718

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1718	1.00	14.39	1.46	14.39
#FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560B18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.083 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845754',
    500: '#4e1718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1718;
$custom-light: #845754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.909,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29434,
    "c": 0.08304,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1718

secondary

#3C8584

accent

#DEDB4A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1718

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

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