#4E1F17#4E1F17

#4E1F17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.073 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F17
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 23)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.64, 21.48, 16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.64, 26.88, 36.95°)
OKLab	oklab(30.67% 0.0623 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(30.67% 0.073 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.7869, 2.6620, 1.1248)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F17 #17464E

analogous

#4E172B #4E1F17 #4E3A17

triadic

#4E1F17 #174E1F #1F174E

tetradic

#4E1F17 #2B4E17 #17464E #3A174E

square

#4E1F17 #2B4E17 #17464E #3A174E

split-complementary

#4E1F17 #174E3A #172B4E

monochromatic

#180907 #1F0C09 #4E1F17 #7D3225 #AD4533

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.70

#4E1F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4E1F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F17

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F17	1.00	13.70	1.53	13.70
#FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56161D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.073 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c54',
    500: '#4e1f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f17;
$custom-light: #845c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.727,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30674,
    "c": 0.07308,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F17

secondary

#3C7A85

accent

#C8DE4A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F17

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

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