#4E1719#4E1719

#4E1719 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.083 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1719
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 25)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 67.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.00, 26.03, 12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.00, 28.98, 26.06°)
OKLab	oklab(29.46% 0.077 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(29.46% 0.083 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.6241, 2.3032, 1.1732)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1719 #174E4C

analogous

#4E1735 #4E1719 #4E3117

triadic

#4E1719 #194E17 #17194E

tetradic

#4E1719 #354E17 #174E4C #31174E

square

#4E1719 #354E17 #174E4C #31174E

split-complementary

#4E1719 #174E31 #17354E

monochromatic

#180708 #1F090A #4E1719 #7D2528 #AD3337

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.38

#4E1719 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E1719 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1719

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1719	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1719	1.00	14.38	1.46	14.38
#FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560B18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1719;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.083 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845755',
    500: '#4e1719',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1719;
$custom-light: #845755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1719",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.818,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29456,
    "c": 0.08293,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1719

secondary

#3C8582

accent

#DED84A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E8

border

#CBC5C4

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1719

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

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