#4E171C#4E171C

#4E171C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.083 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E171C
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 28)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.07, 26.28, 10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.07, 28.37, 22.14°)
OKLab	oklab(29.53% 0.0784 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(29.53% 0.083 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.6582, 2.3168, 1.3529)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E171C #174E49

analogous

#4E1738 #4E171C #4E2D17

triadic

#4E171C #1C4E17 #171C4E

tetradic

#4E171C #384E17 #174E49 #2D174E

square

#4E171C #384E17 #174E49 #2D174E

split-complementary

#4E171C #174E2D #17384E

monochromatic

#180708 #1F090B #4E171C #7D252D #AD333E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.35

#4E171C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E171C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E171C

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E171C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E171C	1.00	14.35	1.46	14.35
#FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25231C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560C19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e171c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.083 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845757',
    500: '#4e171c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e171c;
$custom-light: #845757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e171c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29526,
    "c": 0.08271,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E171C

secondary

#3C857E

accent

#DED04A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E171C

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

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