#4A1817#4A1817

#4A1817 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.077 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1817
RGB	rgb(74, 24, 23)
HSL	hsl(1, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(1, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 68.9%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.36, 23.72, 13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.36, 27.12, 29.01°)
OKLab	oklab(28.81% 0.0699 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(28.81% 0.077 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.3056, 2.1714, 1.0555)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1817 #17494A

analogous

#4A1730 #4A1817 #4A3217

triadic

#4A1817 #174A18 #18174A

tetradic

#4A1817 #304A17 #17494A #32174A

square

#4A1817 #304A17 #17494A #32174A

split-complementary

#4A1817 #174A32 #17304A

monochromatic

#170807 #1B0908 #4A1817 #792726 #A73634

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.64

#4A1817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4A1817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1817

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1817	1.00	14.64	1.43	14.64
#FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520E18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 24, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.077 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815753',
    500: '#4a1817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1817;
$custom-light: #815753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.176,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28809,
    "c": 0.07665,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1817

secondary

#3C8081

accent

#D9DC4C

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1817

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

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