#4A0F17#4A0F17

#4A0F17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.088 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0F17
RGB	rgb(74, 15, 23)
HSL	hsl(352, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(352, 80%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 68.9%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.73, 28.13, 11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.73, 30.22, 21.46°)
OKLab	oklab(27.59% 0.0839 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(27.59% 0.088 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.1498, 1.8598, 1.0036)
Luminance	0.0186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0F17 #0F4A42

analogous

#4A0F35 #4A0F17 #4A240F

triadic

#4A0F17 #174A0F #0F174A

tetradic

#4A0F17 #354A0F #0F4A42 #240F4A

square

#4A0F17 #354A0F #0F4A42 #240F4A

split-complementary

#4A0F17 #0F4A24 #0F354A

monochromatic

#190508 #190508 #4A0F17 #7D1927 #B02437

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.31

#4A0F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#4A0F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0F17

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0F17	1.00	15.31	1.37	15.31
#FFFFFF	15.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2A15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520112

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 15, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.088 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815353',
    500: '#4a0f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0f17;
$custom-light: #815353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.864,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27591,
    "c": 0.08802,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0F17

secondary

#308479

accent

#E9D23F

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0F17

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