#4E171B#4E171B

#4E171B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.083 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E171B
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 27)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.05, 26.19, 11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.05, 28.56, 23.47°)
OKLab	oklab(29.5% 0.078 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(29.5% 0.083 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.6465, 2.3121, 1.2910)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E171B #174E4A

analogous

#4E1737 #4E171B #4E2E17

triadic

#4E171B #1B4E17 #171B4E

tetradic

#4E171B #374E17 #174E4A #2E174E

square

#4E171B #374E17 #174E4A #2E174E

split-complementary

#4E171B #174E2E #17374E

monochromatic

#180708 #1F090B #4E171B #7D252B #AD333C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#4E171B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E171B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E171B

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E171B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E171B	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25231B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560C19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e171b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.083 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845757',
    500: '#4e171b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e171b;
$custom-light: #845757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e171b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.636,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29502,
    "c": 0.08276,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E171B

secondary

#3C8580

accent

#DED34A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E171B

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