#4B170E#4B170E

#4B170E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.081 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B170E
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 81.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.21, 24.08, 18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.21, 30.41, 37.64°)
OKLab	oklab(28.68% 0.0688 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(28.68% 0.081 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.2877, 2.1408, 0.6555)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B170E #0E424B

analogous

#4B0E24 #4B170E #4B350E

triadic

#4B170E #0E4B17 #170E4B

tetradic

#4B170E #244B0E #0E424B #350E4B

square

#4B170E #244B0E #0E424B #350E4B

split-complementary

#4B170E #0E4B35 #0E244B

monochromatic

#1A0805 #1A0805 #4B170E #7F2718 #B23721

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.71

#4B170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4B170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B170E

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B170E	1.00	14.71	1.43	14.71
#FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25210D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#530A15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.081 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82574d',
    500: '#4b170e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b170e;
$custom-light: #82574d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.852,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28684,
    "c": 0.08118,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B170E

secondary

#2F7986

accent

#D2EB3C

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B170E

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

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