#4A0B09#4A0B09

#4A0B09 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.094 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0B09
RGB	rgb(74, 11, 9)
HSL	hsl(2, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(2, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.1%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.92, 28.95, 17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.92, 33.99, 31.61°)
OKLab	oklab(26.91% 0.083 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(26.91% 0.094 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.9934, 1.7154, 0.4319)
Luminance	0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0B09 #09484A

analogous

#4A0928 #4A0B09 #4A2C09

triadic

#4A0B09 #094A0B #0B094A

tetradic

#4A0B09 #284A09 #09484A #2C094A

square

#4A0B09 #284A09 #09484A #2C094A

split-complementary

#4A0B09 #094A2C #09284A

monochromatic

#1B0403 #1B0403 #4A0B09 #811310 #B71B16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.64

#4A0B09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#4A0B09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0B09

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0B09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0B09	1.00	15.64	1.34	15.64
#FFFFFF	15.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2807

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0b09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 11, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.094 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83504a',
    500: '#4a0b09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0b09;
$custom-light: #83504a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0b09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.846,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26906,
    "c": 0.09358,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0B09

secondary

#278487

accent

#EFF533

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0B09

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

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