#4A0916#4A0916

#4A0916 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.094 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0916
RGB	rgb(74, 9, 22)
HSL	hsl(348, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(348, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.8%, 70.3%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.88, 30.38, 10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.88, 32.20, 19.36°)
OKLab	oklab(26.95% 0.0908 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(26.95% 0.094 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0669, 1.7096, 0.9274)
Luminance	0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0916 #094A3D

analogous

#4A0937 #4A0916 #4A1D09

triadic

#4A0916 #164A09 #09164A

tetradic

#4A0916 #374A09 #094A3D #1D094A

square

#4A0916 #374A09 #094A3D #1D094A

split-complementary

#4A0916 #094A1D #09374A

monochromatic

#1B0308 #1B0308 #4A0916 #811026 #B71636

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.65

#4A0916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#4A0916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0916

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0916	1.00	15.65	1.34	15.65
#FFFFFF	15.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2814

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 9, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.094 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825052',
    500: '#4a0916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0916;
$custom-light: #825052;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26953,
    "c": 0.09442,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0916

secondary

#278774

accent

#F5CE33

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0916

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

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