#4A090D#4A090D

#4A090D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.095 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A090D
RGB	rgb(74, 9, 13)
HSL	hsl(356, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(356, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.8%, 82.4%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.71, 29.84, 15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.71, 33.78, 27.92°)
OKLab	oklab(26.77% 0.0868 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(26.77% 0.095 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.9947, 1.6808, 0.5474)
Luminance	0.0168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A090D #094A46

analogous

#4A092E #4A090D #4A2609

triadic

#4A090D #0D4A09 #090D4A

tetradic

#4A090D #2E4A09 #094A46 #26094A

square

#4A090D #2E4A09 #094A46 #26094A

split-complementary

#4A090D #094A26 #092E4A

monochromatic

#1B0305 #1B0305 #4A090D #811017 #B71620

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.72

#4A090D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#4A090D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A090D

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A090D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A090D	1.00	15.72	1.34	15.72
#FFFFFF	15.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a090d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 9, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.095 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83504c',
    500: '#4a090d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a090d;
$custom-light: #83504c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a090d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.308,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26773,
    "c": 0.09484,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A090D

secondary

#278781

accent

#F5E933

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A090D

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

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