#4A0C09#4A0C09

#4A0C09 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.093 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0C09
RGB	rgb(74, 12, 9)
HSL	hsl(3, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(3, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.05, 28.57, 18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.05, 33.76, 32.21°)
OKLab	oklab(27.01% 0.0818 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(27.01% 0.093 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.0052, 1.7390, 0.4358)
Luminance	0.0174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0C09 #09474A

analogous

#4A0927 #4A0C09 #4A2D09

triadic

#4A0C09 #094A0C #0C094A

tetradic

#4A0C09 #274A09 #09474A #2D094A

square

#4A0C09 #274A09 #09474A #2D094A

split-complementary

#4A0C09 #094A2D #09274A

monochromatic

#1B0403 #1B0403 #4A0C09 #811510 #B71E16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.58

#4A0C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#4A0C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0C09

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0C09	1.00	15.58	1.35	15.58
#FFFFFF	15.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2907

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52000C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 12, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.093 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83514a',
    500: '#4a0c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0c09;
$custom-light: #83514a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.769,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27008,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0C09

secondary

#278387

accent

#ECF533

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0C09

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

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