#4E1B17#4E1B17

#4E1B17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.078 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B17
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 23)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.76, 23.75, 15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.76, 28.13, 32.41°)
OKLab	oklab(30.01% 0.0694 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(30.01% 0.078 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.6888, 2.4659, 1.0922)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B17 #174A4E

analogous

#4E172E #4E1B17 #4E3717

triadic

#4E1B17 #174E1B #1B174E

tetradic

#4E1B17 #2E4E17 #174A4E #37174E

square

#4E1B17 #2E4E17 #174A4E #37174E

split-complementary

#4E1B17 #174E37 #172E4E

monochromatic

#180807 #1F0B09 #4E1B17 #7D2B25 #AD3C33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.07

#4E1B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#4E1B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B17

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B17	1.00	14.07	1.49	14.07
#FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56111A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.078 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a54',
    500: '#4e1b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b17;
$custom-light: #845a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.364,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30015,
    "c": 0.0781,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B17

secondary

#3C8085

accent

#D3DE4A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B17

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

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