#4E1721#4E1721

#4E1721 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.083 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1721
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 33)
HSL	hsl(349, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(349, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 57.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.19, 26.74, 7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.19, 27.71, 15.26°)
OKLab	oklab(29.66% 0.0808 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(29.66% 0.083 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.7231, 2.3428, 1.6947)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1721 #174E44

analogous

#4E173D #4E1721 #4E2917

triadic

#4E1721 #214E17 #17214E

tetradic

#4E1721 #3D4E17 #174E44 #29174E

square

#4E1721 #3D4E17 #174E44 #29174E

split-complementary

#4E1721 #174E29 #173D4E

monochromatic

#18070A #1F090D #4E1721 #7D2535 #AD3349

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.30

#4E1721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4E1721 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1721

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1721	1.00	14.30	1.47	14.30
#FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560E1B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.083 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83585c',
    500: '#4e1721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1721;
$custom-light: #83585c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29658,
    "c": 0.08284,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1721

secondary

#3C8578

accent

#DEC34A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0304

muted

#7C7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1721

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

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