#4A170D#4A170D

#4A170D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.080 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A170D
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 13)
HSL	hsl(10, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(10, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 82.4%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.99, 23.60, 18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.99, 30.14, 38.46°)
OKLab	oklab(28.48% 0.0672 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(28.48% 0.08 33)
XYZ	xyz(3.2034, 2.0981, 0.6170)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A170D #0D404A

analogous

#4A0D22 #4A170D #4A360D

triadic

#4A170D #0D4A17 #170D4A

tetradic

#4A170D #224A0D #0D404A #360D4A

square

#4A170D #224A0D #0D404A #360D4A

split-complementary

#4A170D #0D4A36 #0D224A

monochromatic

#1A0805 #1A0805 #4A170D #7E2716 #B2371F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.79

#4A170D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#4A170D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A170D

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A170D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A170D	1.00	14.79	1.42	14.79
#FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25210C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520B15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a170d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.080 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82574c',
    500: '#4a170d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a170d;
$custom-light: #82574c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a170d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.836,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28479,
    "c": 0.08015,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.02098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A170D

secondary

#2E7785

accent

#D0ED3B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A170D

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

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