#4A1009#4A1009

#4A1009 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.089 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1009
RGB	rgb(74, 16, 9)
HSL	hsl(6, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(6, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.66, 26.89, 18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.66, 32.80, 34.94°)
OKLab	oklab(27.46% 0.0765 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(27.46% 0.089 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.0590, 1.8466, 0.4538)
Luminance	0.0185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1009 #09434A

analogous

#4A0923 #4A1009 #4A3109

triadic

#4A1009 #094A10 #10094A

tetradic

#4A1009 #234A09 #09434A #31094A

square

#4A1009 #234A09 #09434A #31094A

split-complementary

#4A1009 #094A31 #09234A

monochromatic

#1B0603 #1B0603 #4A1009 #811C10 #B72816

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.34

#4A1009 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#4A1009 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1009

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1009	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1009	1.00	15.34	1.37	15.34
#FFFFFF	15.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211D08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302A07

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1009;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 16, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.089 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82534a',
    500: '#4a1009',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1009;
$custom-light: #82534a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1009",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.462,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27462,
    "c": 0.08873,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1009

secondary

#277D87

accent

#E0F533

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1009

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

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