#4A090B#4A090B

#4A090B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.095 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A090B
RGB	rgb(74, 9, 11)
HSL	hsl(358, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(358, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.8%, 85.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.69, 29.75, 16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.69, 34.11, 29.29°)
OKLab	oklab(26.74% 0.086 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(26.74% 0.095 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.9825, 1.6759, 0.4830)
Luminance	0.0168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A090B #094A48

analogous

#4A092C #4A090B #4A2809

triadic

#4A090B #0B4A09 #090B4A

tetradic

#4A090B #2C4A09 #094A48 #28094A

square

#4A090B #2C4A09 #094A48 #28094A

split-complementary

#4A090B #094A28 #092C4A

monochromatic

#1B0304 #1B0304 #4A090B #811013 #B7161B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.73

#4A090B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#4A090B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A090B

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A090B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A090B	1.00	15.73	1.34	15.73
#FFFFFF	15.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1A0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2808

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a090b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 9, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.095 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83504b',
    500: '#4a090b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a090b;
$custom-light: #83504b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a090b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.154,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26742,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A090B

secondary

#278784

accent

#F5EF33

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A090B

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

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