#4E1C17#4E1C17

#4E1C17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.077 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C17
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.98, 23.20, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.98, 27.81, 33.48°)
OKLab	oklab(30.18% 0.0677 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(30.18% 0.077 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.7121, 2.5125, 1.0999)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C17 #17494E

analogous

#4E172D #4E1C17 #4E3817

triadic

#4E1C17 #174E1C #1C174E

tetradic

#4E1C17 #2D4E17 #17494E #38174E

square

#4E1C17 #2D4E17 #17494E #38174E

split-complementary

#4E1C17 #174E38 #172D4E

monochromatic

#180807 #1F0B09 #4E1C17 #7D2D25 #AD3E33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.98

#4E1C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#4E1C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C17

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C17	1.00	13.98	1.50	13.98
#FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56121B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.077 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a54',
    500: '#4e1c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c17;
$custom-light: #845a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30175,
    "c": 0.07683,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C17

secondary

#3C7E85

accent

#D0DE4A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C17

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

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