#4E2117#4E2117

#4E2117 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.071 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2117
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 23)
HSL	hsl(11, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.10, 20.30, 16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.10, 26.30, 39.48°)
OKLab	oklab(31.02% 0.0587 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(31.02% 0.071 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.8407, 2.7697, 1.1428)
Luminance	0.0277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2117 #17444E

analogous

#4E1729 #4E2117 #4E3D17

triadic

#4E2117 #174E21 #21174E

tetradic

#4E2117 #294E17 #17444E #3D174E

square

#4E2117 #294E17 #17444E #3D174E

split-complementary

#4E2117 #174E3D #17294E

monochromatic

#180A07 #1F0D09 #4E2117 #7D3525 #AD4933

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.52

#4E2117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4E2117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2117

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2117	1.00	13.52	1.55	13.52
#FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56191F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.071 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d54',
    500: '#4e2117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2117;
$custom-light: #845d54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31024,
    "c": 0.07067,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2117

secondary

#3C7885

accent

#C3DE4A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2117

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

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