#4A0912#4A0912

#4A0912 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.094 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0912
RGB	rgb(74, 9, 18)
HSL	hsl(352, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(352, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.8%, 75.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.80, 30.11, 13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.80, 32.88, 23.69°)
OKLab	oklab(26.86% 0.089 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(26.86% 0.094 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.0313, 1.6954, 0.7398)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0912 #094A41

analogous

#4A0933 #4A0912 #4A2109

triadic

#4A0912 #124A09 #09124A

tetradic

#4A0912 #334A09 #094A41 #21094A

square

#4A0912 #334A09 #094A41 #21094A

split-complementary

#4A0912 #094A21 #09334A

monochromatic

#1B0307 #1B0307 #4A0912 #81101F #B7162D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.68

#4A0912 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#4A0912 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0912

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0912	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0912	1.00	15.68	1.34	15.68
#FFFFFF	15.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2810

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0912;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 9, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.094 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82504f',
    500: '#4a0912',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0912;
$custom-light: #82504f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0912",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.692,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26864,
    "c": 0.09445,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0912

secondary

#27877A

accent

#F5DA33

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0912

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

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