#4E1917#4E1917

#4E1917 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.081 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1917
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 23)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.35, 24.84, 14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.35, 28.79, 30.40°)
OKLab	oklab(29.71% 0.0728 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(29.71% 0.081 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.6445, 2.3773, 1.0774)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1917 #174C4E

analogous

#4E1731 #4E1917 #4E3517

triadic

#4E1917 #174E19 #19174E

tetradic

#4E1917 #314E17 #174C4E #35174E

square

#4E1917 #314E17 #174C4E #35174E

split-complementary

#4E1917 #174E35 #17314E

monochromatic

#180807 #1F0A09 #4E1917 #7D2825 #AD3733

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.23

#4E1917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#4E1917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1917

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1917	1.00	14.23	1.48	14.23
#FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560E19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.081 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845853',
    500: '#4e1917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1917;
$custom-light: #845853;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.182,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29707,
    "c": 0.08064,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1917

secondary

#3C8285

accent

#D8DE4A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1917

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

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