#4A0A09#4A0A09

#4A0A09 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.094 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0A09
RGB	rgb(74, 10, 9)
HSL	hsl(1, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(1, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.5%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.79, 29.31, 17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.79, 34.21, 31.05°)
OKLab	oklab(26.81% 0.0841 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(26.81% 0.094 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9823, 1.6931, 0.4282)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0A09 #09494A

analogous

#4A0929 #4A0A09 #4A2B09

triadic

#4A0A09 #094A0A #0A094A

tetradic

#4A0A09 #294A09 #09494A #2B094A

square

#4A0A09 #294A09 #09494A #2B094A

split-complementary

#4A0A09 #094A2B #09294A

monochromatic

#1B0403 #1B0403 #4A0A09 #811110 #B71916

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.69

#4A0A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#4A0A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0A09

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0A09	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)

#1E1A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2806

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 10, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.094 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83504a',
    500: '#4a0a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0a09;
$custom-light: #83504a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.923,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2681,
    "c": 0.09446,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0A09

secondary

#278687

accent

#F2F533

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0A09

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

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