#4A171E#4A171E

#4A171E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.078 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A171E
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(352, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 59.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.32, 24.87, 8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.32, 26.16, 18.08°)
OKLab	oklab(28.83% 0.0748 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(28.83% 0.078 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.3651, 2.1628, 1.4683)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A171E #174A43

analogous

#4A1738 #4A171E #4A2A17

triadic

#4A171E #1E4A17 #171E4A

tetradic

#4A171E #384A17 #174A43 #2A174A

square

#4A171E #384A17 #174A43 #2A174A

split-complementary

#4A171E #174A2A #17384A

monochromatic

#170709 #1B080B #4A171E #792631 #A73444

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.66

#4A171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4A171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A171E

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A171E	1.00	14.66	1.43	14.66
#FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23221E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510E1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.078 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805759',
    500: '#4a171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a171e;
$custom-light: #805759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.765,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28828,
    "c": 0.07756,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A171E

secondary

#3C8178

accent

#DCC84C

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A171E

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

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