#4A090E#4A090E

#4A090E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.095 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A090E
RGB	rgb(74, 9, 14)
HSL	hsl(355, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(355, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.8%, 81.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.73, 29.89, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.73, 33.60, 27.17°)
OKLab	oklab(26.79% 0.0872 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(26.79% 0.095 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0013, 1.6834, 0.5823)
Luminance	0.0168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A090E #094A45

analogous

#4A092F #4A090E #4A2509

triadic

#4A090E #0E4A09 #090E4A

tetradic

#4A090E #2F4A09 #094A45 #25094A

square

#4A090E #2F4A09 #094A45 #25094A

split-complementary

#4A090E #094A25 #092F4A

monochromatic

#1B0305 #1B0305 #4A090E #811018 #B71623

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.71

#4A090E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#4A090E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A090E

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A090E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A090E	1.00	15.71	1.34	15.71
#FFFFFF	15.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52000C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a090e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 9, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.095 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82504d',
    500: '#4a090e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a090e;
$custom-light: #82504d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a090e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2679,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A090E

secondary

#278780

accent

#F5E633

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A090E

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

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