#4A0B17#4A0B17

#4A0B17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.092 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0B17
RGB	rgb(74, 11, 23)
HSL	hsl(349, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(349, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.1%, 68.9%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.16, 29.73, 10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.16, 31.47, 19.12°)
OKLab	oklab(27.17% 0.089 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(27.17% 0.092 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.0987, 1.7575, 0.9865)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0B17 #0B4A3E

analogous

#4A0B37 #4A0B17 #4A1F0B

triadic

#4A0B17 #174A0B #0B174A

tetradic

#4A0B17 #374A0B #0B4A3E #1F0B4A

square

#4A0B17 #374A0B #0B4A3E #1F0B4A

split-complementary

#4A0B17 #0B4A1F #0B374A

monochromatic

#1B0408 #1B0408 #4A0B17 #7F1328 #B51B38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.54

#4A0B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#4A0B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0B17

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0B17	1.00	15.54	1.35	15.54
#FFFFFF	15.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 11, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.092 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825153',
    500: '#4a0b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0b17;
$custom-light: #825153;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.571,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27165,
    "c": 0.09245,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0B17

secondary

#2B8675

accent

#F1CD37

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0B17

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

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