#4E171D#4E171D

#4E171D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.083 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E171D
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 29)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 62.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.09, 26.36, 10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.09, 28.20, 20.79°)
OKLab	oklab(29.55% 0.0789 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(29.55% 0.083 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.6704, 2.3217, 1.4170)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E171D #174E48

analogous

#4E1738 #4E171D #4E2D17

triadic

#4E171D #1D4E17 #171D4E

tetradic

#4E171D #384E17 #174E48 #2D174E

square

#4E171D #384E17 #174E48 #2D174E

split-complementary

#4E171D #174E2D #17384E

monochromatic

#180709 #1F090B #4E171D #7D252F #AD3340

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.34

#4E171D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4E171D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E171D

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E171D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E171D	1.00	14.34	1.46	14.34
#FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25231D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560C19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e171d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.083 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845758',
    500: '#4e171d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e171d;
$custom-light: #845758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e171d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.455,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29551,
    "c": 0.08269,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E171D

secondary

#3C857D

accent

#DECE4A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E171D

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

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