#4E1E17#4E1E17

#4E1E17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.074 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E17
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 23)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.41, 22.06, 15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.41, 27.18, 35.75°)
OKLab	oklab(30.5% 0.0642 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(30.5% 0.074 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.7612, 2.6106, 1.1163)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E17 #17474E

analogous

#4E172C #4E1E17 #4E3917

triadic

#4E1E17 #174E1E #1E174E

tetradic

#4E1E17 #2C4E17 #17474E #39174E

square

#4E1E17 #2C4E17 #17474E #39174E

split-complementary

#4E1E17 #174E39 #172C4E

monochromatic

#180907 #1F0C09 #4E1E17 #7D3025 #AD4233

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.80

#4E1E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4E1E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E17

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E17	1.00	13.80	1.52	13.80
#FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56151C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.074 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b54',
    500: '#4e1e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e17;
$custom-light: #845b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.636,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30504,
    "c": 0.07432,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E17

secondary

#3C7C85

accent

#CBDE4A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E17

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

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