#4A0E17#4A0E17

#4A0E17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.089 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0E17
RGB	rgb(74, 14, 23)
HSL	hsl(351, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(351, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 68.9%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.58, 28.56, 10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.58, 30.55, 20.82°)
OKLab	oklab(27.48% 0.0852 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(27.48% 0.089 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.1361, 1.8322, 0.9990)
Luminance	0.0183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0E17 #0E4A41

analogous

#4A0E35 #4A0E17 #4A230E

triadic

#4A0E17 #174A0E #0E174A

tetradic

#4A0E17 #354A0E #0E4A41 #230E4A

square

#4A0E17 #354A0E #0E4A41 #230E4A

split-complementary

#4A0E17 #0E4A23 #0E354A

monochromatic

#1A0508 #1A0508 #4A0E17 #7D1827 #B12137

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.37

#4A0E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#4A0E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0E17

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0E17	1.00	15.37	1.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	15.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 14, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.089 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815253',
    500: '#4a0e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0e17;
$custom-light: #815253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27477,
    "c": 0.08918,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0E17

secondary

#2F8578

accent

#EBD13D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0E17

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

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