#4E2317#4E2317

#4E2317 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.068 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2317
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 23)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.57, 19.09, 17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.57, 25.76, 42.19°)
OKLab	oklab(31.39% 0.055 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(31.39% 0.068 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.8979, 2.8841, 1.1619)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2317 #17424E

analogous

#4E1727 #4E2317 #4E3F17

triadic

#4E2317 #174E23 #23174E

tetradic

#4E2317 #274E17 #17424E #3F174E

square

#4E2317 #274E17 #17424E #3F174E

split-complementary

#4E2317 #174E3F #17274E

monochromatic

#180B07 #1F0E09 #4E2317 #7D3825 #AD4D33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#4E2317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E2317 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2317

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2317	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561B20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.068 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f54',
    500: '#4e2317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2317;
$custom-light: #835f54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.091,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31387,
    "c": 0.06837,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2317

secondary

#3C7585

accent

#BEDE4A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2317

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

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