#4E171E#4E171E

#4E171E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.083 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E171E
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(352, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 61.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.12, 26.45, 9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.12, 28.05, 19.43°)
OKLab	oklab(29.58% 0.0794 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(29.58% 0.083 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.6830, 2.3267, 1.4832)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E171E #174E47

analogous

#4E1739 #4E171E #4E2C17

triadic

#4E171E #1E4E17 #171E4E

tetradic

#4E171E #394E17 #174E47 #2C174E

square

#4E171E #394E17 #174E47 #2C174E

split-complementary

#4E171E #174E2C #17394E

monochromatic

#180709 #1F090C #4E171E #7D2530 #AD3342

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.33

#4E171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4E171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E171E

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E171E	1.00	14.33	1.47	14.33
#FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24231E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560D1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.083 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845759',
    500: '#4e171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e171e;
$custom-light: #845759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.364,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29576,
    "c": 0.08268,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E171E

secondary

#3C857C

accent

#DECB4A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E171E

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

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