#4A171F#4A171F

#4A171F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.078 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A171F
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 31)
HSL	hsl(351, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(351, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 58.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.35, 24.97, 7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.35, 26.05, 16.58°)
OKLab	oklab(28.86% 0.0753 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(28.86% 0.078 14)
XYZ	xyz(3.3780, 2.1680, 1.5366)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A171F #174A42

analogous

#4A1739 #4A171F #4A2917

triadic

#4A171F #1F4A17 #171F4A

tetradic

#4A171F #394A17 #174A42 #29174A

square

#4A171F #394A17 #174A42 #29174A

split-complementary

#4A171F #174A29 #17394A

monochromatic

#17070A #1B080B #4A171F #792633 #A73446

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.65

#4A171F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4A171F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A171F

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A171F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A171F	1.00	14.65	1.43	14.65
#FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23221F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510F1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a171f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.078 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80575a',
    500: '#4a171f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a171f;
$custom-light: #80575a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a171f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.588,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28856,
    "c": 0.0776,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.02168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A171F

secondary

#3C8176

accent

#DCC54C

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A171F

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

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