#4A170B#4A170B

#4A170B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.081 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A170B
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 11)
HSL	hsl(11, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(11, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 85.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.97, 23.50, 19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.97, 30.62, 39.87°)
OKLab	oklab(28.45% 0.0665 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(28.45% 0.081 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1912, 2.0933, 0.5525)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A170B #0B3E4A

analogous

#4A0B1F #4A170B #4A370B

triadic

#4A170B #0B4A17 #170B4A

tetradic

#4A170B #1F4A0B #0B3E4A #370B4A

square

#4A170B #1F4A0B #0B3E4A #370B4A

split-complementary

#4A170B #0B4A37 #0B1F4A

monochromatic

#1B0804 #1B0804 #4A170B #7F2813 #B5381B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.80

#4A170B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#4A170B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A170B

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A170B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A170B	1.00	14.80	1.42	14.80
#FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520A15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a170b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.081 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82574b',
    500: '#4a170b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a170b;
$custom-light: #82574b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a170b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28452,
    "c": 0.0807,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A170B

secondary

#2B7586

accent

#CDF137

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A170B

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

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