#4E172B#4E172B

#4E172B is a dark, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.085 H 1.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E172B
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(338, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(338, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 44.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.49, 27.86, 0.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.49, 27.86, 1.16°)
OKLab	oklab(29.98% 0.0851 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(29.98% 0.085 1.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8846, 2.4074, 2.5451)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E172B #174E3A

analogous

#4E1746 #4E172B #4E1F17

triadic

#4E172B #2B4E17 #172B4E

tetradic

#4E172B #464E17 #174E3A #1F174E

square

#4E172B #464E17 #174E3A #1F174E

split-complementary

#4E172B #174E1F #17464E

monochromatic

#18070D #1F0911 #4E172B #7D2545 #AD335F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.18

#4E172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#4E172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E172B

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E172B	1.00	14.18	1.48	14.18
#FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22242C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55111F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.085 1.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835864',
    500: '#4e172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e172b;
$custom-light: #835864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.182,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29982,
    "c": 0.08516,
    "h": 1.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E172B

secondary

#3C856A

accent

#DEA84A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9EA

border

#CAC5C6

text

#0B0305

muted

#7C7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E172B

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

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