#4A0911#4A0911

#4A0911 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.095 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0911
RGB	rgb(74, 9, 17)
HSL	hsl(353, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(353, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.8%, 77%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.78, 30.05, 13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.78, 33.06, 24.64°)
OKLab	oklab(26.84% 0.0886 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(26.84% 0.095 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.0232, 1.6922, 0.6976)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0911 #094A42

analogous

#4A0932 #4A0911 #4A2209

triadic

#4A0911 #114A09 #09114A

tetradic

#4A0911 #324A09 #094A42 #22094A

square

#4A0911 #324A09 #094A42 #22094A

split-complementary

#4A0911 #094A22 #09324A

monochromatic

#1B0306 #1B0306 #4A0911 #81101E #B7162A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.69

#4A0911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#4A0911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0911

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0911	1.00	15.69	1.34	15.69
#FFFFFF	15.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 9, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.095 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82504f',
    500: '#4a0911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0911;
$custom-light: #82504f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.615,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26844,
    "c": 0.0945,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0911

secondary

#27877C

accent

#F5DD33

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0911

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

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