#4A1111#4A1111

#4A1111 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.086 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1111
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 17)
HSL	hsl(0, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 77%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.94, 26.83, 15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.94, 30.88, 29.68°)
OKLab	oklab(27.71% 0.0783 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(27.71% 0.086 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.1260, 1.8977, 0.7319)
Luminance	0.0190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1111 #114A4A

analogous

#4A112D #4A1111 #4A2D11

triadic

#4A1111 #114A11 #11114A

tetradic

#4A1111 #2D4A11 #114A4A #2D114A

square

#4A1111 #2D4A11 #114A4A #2D114A

split-complementary

#4A1111 #114A2D #112D4A

monochromatic

#190606 #190606 #4A1111 #7C1C1C #AE2828

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.22

#4A1111 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#4A1111 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1111

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1111	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1111	1.00	15.22	1.38	15.22
#FFFFFF	15.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211E10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2A0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520212

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1111;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.086 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82534f',
    500: '#4a1111',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1111;
$custom-light: #82534f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1111",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27707,
    "c": 0.08621,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1111

secondary

#338383

accent

#E6E642

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1111

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

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