#4b1917

Color #4b1917

A moderately saturated very dark red.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 32.02 Nearest Tailwind class red-950 #460809 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4b1917

RGB

rgb(75, 25, 23)

HSL

hsl(2.3, 53.1%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(2.3, 69.3%, 29.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 69.3%, 70.6%)

LAB

lab(16.76, 23.59, 13.7)

LCH

lch(16.76, 27.28, 30.15)

OKLCH

oklch(29.2%, 0.0766, 25.26)

HWB

hwb(2.3, 9%, 70.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#17494b

Analogous

#4b172f

#4b1917

#4b3317

Triadic

#4b1917

#174b19

#19174b

Split-complementary

#4b1917

#174b33

#172f4b

Tetradic

#4b1917

#494b17

#17494b

#19174b

Square

#4b1917

#2f4b17

#17494b

#33174b

Shades

Color #4b1917 mixed toward black.

#3e1513

#32110f

#250c0b

#190808

#0c0404

Tints

Color #4b1917 mixed toward white.

#802a27

#b43c37

#cf6561

#df9996

#efccca

Tones

Color #4b1917 mixed toward gray.

#471d1b

#422120

#3e2524

#3a2928

#352d2d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.45:1

White text reads better on this background (14.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3b3b17 · ΔE 28.2

Deuteranopia

#3e4118 · ΔE 30.2

Tritanopia

#491818 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#292929 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b1917;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b1917]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#4b1917 (#4b1917) is rgb(75, 25, 23) in RGB.

No, #4b1917 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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