#4E2217#4E2217

#4E2217 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.070 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2217
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 23)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.33, 19.70, 17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.33, 26.03, 40.82°)
OKLab	oklab(31.2% 0.0568 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(31.2% 0.07 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8689, 2.8261, 1.1522)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2217 #17434E

analogous

#4E1728 #4E2217 #4E3E17

triadic

#4E2217 #174E22 #22174E

tetradic

#4E2217 #284E17 #17434E #3E174E

square

#4E2217 #284E17 #17434E #3E174E

split-complementary

#4E2217 #174E3E #17284E

monochromatic

#180A07 #1F0D09 #4E2217 #7D3725 #AD4B33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#4E2217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E2217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2217

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2217	1.00	13.42	1.57	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561A1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.070 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e54',
    500: '#4e2217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2217;
$custom-light: #835e54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31204,
    "c": 0.0695,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2217

secondary

#3C7685

accent

#C0DE4A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2217

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

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