#4E171A#4E171A

#4E171A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.083 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E171A
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 26)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.03, 26.11, 12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.03, 28.76, 24.78°)
OKLab	oklab(29.48% 0.0775 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(29.48% 0.083 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.6351, 2.3076, 1.2311)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E171A #174E4B

analogous

#4E1736 #4E171A #4E2F17

triadic

#4E171A #1A4E17 #171A4E

tetradic

#4E171A #364E17 #174E4B #2F174E

square

#4E171A #364E17 #174E4B #2F174E

split-complementary

#4E171A #174E2F #17364E

monochromatic

#180708 #1F090A #4E171A #7D252A #AD333A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#4E171A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E171A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E171A

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E171A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E171A	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25231A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560C18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e171a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.083 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845756',
    500: '#4e171a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e171a;
$custom-light: #845756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e171a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.727,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29479,
    "c": 0.08283,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E171A

secondary

#3C8581

accent

#DED64A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E171A

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

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