#4A1109#4A1109

#4A1109 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.088 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1109
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 9)
HSL	hsl(7, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(7, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.83, 26.43, 19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.83, 32.55, 35.72°)
OKLab	oklab(27.59% 0.0751 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(27.59% 0.088 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.0742, 1.8769, 0.4588)
Luminance	0.0188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1109 #09424A

analogous

#4A0922 #4A1109 #4A3209

triadic

#4A1109 #094A11 #11094A

tetradic

#4A1109 #224A09 #09424A #32094A

square

#4A1109 #224A09 #09424A #32094A

split-complementary

#4A1109 #094A32 #09224A

monochromatic

#1B0603 #1B0603 #4A1109 #811E10 #B72A16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.27

#4A1109 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#4A1109 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1109

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1109	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1109	1.00	15.27	1.38	15.27
#FFFFFF	15.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221D08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302A07

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520110

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1109;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.088 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82534a',
    500: '#4a1109',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1109;
$custom-light: #82534a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1109",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.385,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27587,
    "c": 0.08769,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1109

secondary

#277C87

accent

#DDF533

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1109

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

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