#4A0D16#4A0D16

#4A0D16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.090 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0D16
RGB	rgb(74, 13, 22)
HSL	hsl(351, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(351, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 70.3%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.41, 28.89, 11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.41, 31.04, 21.47°)
OKLab	oklab(27.35% 0.0861 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(27.35% 0.09 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1131, 1.8021, 0.9428)
Luminance	0.0180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0D16 #0D4A41

analogous

#4A0D35 #4A0D16 #4A230D

triadic

#4A0D16 #164A0D #0D164A

tetradic

#4A0D16 #354A0D #0D4A41 #230D4A

square

#4A0D16 #354A0D #0D4A41 #230D4A

split-complementary

#4A0D16 #0D4A23 #0D354A

monochromatic

#1A0508 #1A0508 #4A0D16 #7E1625 #B21F35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.44

#4A0D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#4A0D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0D16

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0D16	1.00	15.44	1.36	15.44
#FFFFFF	15.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2914

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 13, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.090 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825252',
    500: '#4a0d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0d16;
$custom-light: #825252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.148,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27345,
    "c": 0.0903,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0D16

secondary

#2E8578

accent

#EDD33B

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0D16

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

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