#4B171E#4B171E

#4B171E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.079 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B171E
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(352, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 60%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.52, 25.27, 8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.52, 26.64, 18.43°)
OKLab	oklab(29.02% 0.076 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(29.02% 0.079 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.4427, 2.2028, 1.4719)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B171E #174B44

analogous

#4B1738 #4B171E #4B2A17

triadic

#4B171E #1E4B17 #171E4B

tetradic

#4B171E #384B17 #174B44 #2A174B

square

#4B171E #384B17 #174B44 #2A174B

split-complementary

#4B171E #174B2A #17384B

monochromatic

#170709 #1C090B #4B171E #7A2531 #A93443

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.58

#4B171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4B171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B171E

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B171E	1.00	14.58	1.44	14.58
#FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23221E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520E1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.079 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815759',
    500: '#4b171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b171e;
$custom-light: #815759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.923,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29015,
    "c": 0.07884,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B171E

secondary

#3C8279

accent

#DCC94B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B171E

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

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