Mahogany#4A0100

#4A0100 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.8% C 0.104 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Mahogany — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#4A0100
RGB	rgb(74, 1, 0)
HSL	hsl(1, 100%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(1, 100%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 98.6%, 100%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.47, 32.36, 19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.47, 37.81, 31.14°)
OKLab	oklab(25.79% 0.0907 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(25.79% 0.104 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.8353, 1.4781, 0.1360)
Luminance	0.0148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0100 #00494A

analogous

#4A0024 #4A0100 #4A2600

triadic

#4A0100 #004A01 #01004A

tetradic

#4A0100 #244A00 #00494A #26004A

square

#4A0100 #244A00 #00494A #26004A

split-complementary

#4A0100 #004A26 #00244A

monochromatic

#1F0000 #1F0000 #4A0100 #870200 #C40300

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.21

#4A0100 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#4A0100 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0100

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0100	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0100	1.00	16.21	1.30	16.21
#FFFFFF	16.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2600

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#530002

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0100;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 1, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.8% 0.104 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#834c46',
    500: '#4a0100',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0100;
$custom-light: #834c46;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0100",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 1,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.811,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25794,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0100

secondary

#198B8D

accent

#FCFF29

background

#F8F4F3

surface

#F0E7E5

border

#CBC3C1

text

#0C0100

muted

#7D7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0100

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

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