#4E171F#4E171F

#4E171F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.083 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E171F
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 31)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 60.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.14, 26.55, 8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.14, 27.92, 18.05°)
OKLab	oklab(29.6% 0.0798 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(29.6% 0.083 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.6959, 2.3319, 1.5515)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E171F #174E46

analogous

#4E173A #4E171F #4E2B17

triadic

#4E171F #1F4E17 #171F4E

tetradic

#4E171F #3A4E17 #174E46 #2B174E

square

#4E171F #3A4E17 #174E46 #2B174E

split-complementary

#4E171F #174E2B #173A4E

monochromatic

#180709 #1F090C #4E171F #7D2532 #AD3345

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.32

#4E171F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4E171F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E171F

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E171F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E171F	1.00	14.32	1.47	14.32
#FFFFFF	14.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24231F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560D1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e171f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.083 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84575a',
    500: '#4e171f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e171f;
$custom-light: #84575a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e171f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.273,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29603,
    "c": 0.08272,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E171F

secondary

#3C857A

accent

#DEC84A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E171F

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

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