#4A0F09#4A0F09

#4A0F09 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.090 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0F09
RGB	rgb(74, 15, 9)
HSL	hsl(6, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(6, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.50, 27.33, 18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.50, 33.04, 34.21°)
OKLab	oklab(27.34% 0.0779 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(27.34% 0.09 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0445, 1.8177, 0.4489)
Luminance	0.0182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0F09 #09444A

analogous

#4A0924 #4A0F09 #4A3009

triadic

#4A0F09 #094A0F #0F094A

tetradic

#4A0F09 #244A09 #09444A #30094A

square

#4A0F09 #244A09 #09444A #30094A

split-complementary

#4A0F09 #094A30 #09244A

monochromatic

#1B0603 #1B0603 #4A0F09 #811A10 #B72516

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.40

#4A0F09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#4A0F09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0F09

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0F09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0F09	1.00	15.40	1.36	15.40
#FFFFFF	15.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2907

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0f09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 15, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.090 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82524a',
    500: '#4a0f09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0f09;
$custom-light: #82524a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0f09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.538,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27341,
    "c": 0.08974,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0F09

secondary

#277E87

accent

#E3F533

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0F09

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

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