#4A0D09#4A0D09

#4A0D09 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.092 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0D09
RGB	rgb(74, 13, 9)
HSL	hsl(4, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(4, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.20, 28.17, 18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.20, 33.53, 32.84°)
OKLab	oklab(27.11% 0.0805 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(27.11% 0.092 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.0176, 1.7639, 0.4400)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0D09 #09464A

analogous

#4A0926 #4A0D09 #4A2E09

triadic

#4A0D09 #094A0D #0D094A

tetradic

#4A0D09 #264A09 #09464A #2E094A

square

#4A0D09 #264A09 #09464A #2E094A

split-complementary

#4A0D09 #094A2E #09264A

monochromatic

#1B0503 #1B0503 #4A0D09 #811710 #B72016

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.53

#4A0D09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#4A0D09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0D09

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0D09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0D09	1.00	15.53	1.35	15.53
#FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2907

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0d09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 13, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.092 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82514a',
    500: '#4a0d09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0d09;
$custom-light: #82514a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0d09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.692,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27114,
    "c": 0.09172,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0D09

secondary

#278187

accent

#E9F533

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0D09

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

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