#4A1017#4A1017

#4A1017 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.087 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1017
RGB	rgb(74, 16, 23)
HSL	hsl(353, 64%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(353, 78%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 68.9%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.89, 27.69, 11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.89, 29.90, 22.13°)
OKLab	oklab(27.71% 0.0825 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(27.71% 0.087 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.1643, 1.8887, 1.0084)
Luminance	0.0189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1017 #104A43

analogous

#4A1034 #4A1017 #4A2610

triadic

#4A1017 #174A10 #10174A

tetradic

#4A1017 #344A10 #104A43 #26104A

square

#4A1017 #344A10 #104A43 #26104A

split-complementary

#4A1017 #104A26 #10344A

monochromatic

#190508 #190508 #4A1017 #7C1B27 #AF2636

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.24

#4A1017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#4A1017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1017

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1017	1.00	15.24	1.38	15.24
#FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2A15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520213

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 16, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.087 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815353',
    500: '#4a1017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1017;
$custom-light: #815353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.759,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27709,
    "c": 0.08684,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1017

secondary

#32847A

accent

#E7D340

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1017

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

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