#4A0F12#4A0F12

#4A0F12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.088 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A0F12
RGB	rgb(74, 15, 18)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 75.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.63, 27.79, 14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.63, 31.25, 27.23°)
OKLab	oklab(27.48% 0.0816 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(27.48% 0.088 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1044, 1.8416, 0.7642)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A0F12 #0F4A47

analogous

#4A0F30 #4A0F12 #4A290F

triadic

#4A0F12 #124A0F #0F124A

tetradic

#4A0F12 #304A0F #0F4A47 #290F4A

square

#4A0F12 #304A0F #0F4A47 #290F4A

split-complementary

#4A0F12 #0F4A29 #0F304A

monochromatic

#190506 #190506 #4A0F12 #7D191E #B0242B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.35

#4A0F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#4A0F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A0F12

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A0F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A0F12	1.00	15.35	1.37	15.35
#FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2A10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a0f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 15, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.088 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82524f',
    500: '#4a0f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a0f12;
$custom-light: #82524f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a0f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.949,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27483,
    "c": 0.08833,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A0F12

secondary

#308480

accent

#E9E13F

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A0F12

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