#4A0E09#4A0E09

#4A0E09 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.091 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0E09
RGB	rgb(74, 14, 9)
HSL	hsl(5, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(5, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.34, 27.76, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.34, 33.29, 33.51°)
OKLab	oklab(27.23% 0.0792 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(27.23% 0.091 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.0307, 1.7901, 0.4443)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0E09 #09454A

analogous

#4A0925 #4A0E09 #4A2F09

triadic

#4A0E09 #094A0E #0E094A

tetradic

#4A0E09 #254A09 #09454A #2F094A

square

#4A0E09 #254A09 #09454A #2F094A

split-complementary

#4A0E09 #094A2F #09254A

monochromatic

#1B0503 #1B0503 #4A0E09 #811810 #B72316

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.46

#4A0E09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#4A0E09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0E09

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0E09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0E09	1.00	15.46	1.36	15.46
#FFFFFF	15.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2907

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0e09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 14, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.091 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82524a',
    500: '#4a0e09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0e09;
$custom-light: #82524a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0e09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27226,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0E09

secondary

#278087

accent

#E6F533

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0E09

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

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