#4A1217#4A1217

#4A1217 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.084 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1217
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 23)
HSL	hsl(355, 61%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 68.9%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.23, 26.77, 11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.23, 29.22, 23.60°)
OKLab	oklab(27.96% 0.0795 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(27.96% 0.084 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.1953, 1.9508, 1.0187)
Luminance	0.0195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1217 #124A45

analogous

#4A1233 #4A1217 #4A2912

triadic

#4A1217 #174A12 #12174A

tetradic

#4A1217 #334A12 #124A45 #29124A

square

#4A1217 #334A12 #124A45 #29124A

split-complementary

#4A1217 #124A29 #12334A

monochromatic

#190608 #190608 #4A1217 #7B1E26 #AC2A36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.11

#4A1217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#4A1217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1217

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1217	1.00	15.11	1.39	15.11
#FFFFFF	15.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520514

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.084 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815453',
    500: '#4a1217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1217;
$custom-light: #815453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.643,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27958,
    "c": 0.08439,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1217

secondary

#35837C

accent

#E4D644

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE8E7

border

#CAC4C3

text

#0B0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1217

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

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