#4A111B#4A111B

#4A111B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.086 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A111B
RGB	rgb(74, 17, 27)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 63.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.15, 27.57, 8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.15, 28.91, 17.52°)
OKLab	oklab(27.93% 0.0829 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(27.93% 0.086 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.2226, 1.9363, 1.2407)
Luminance	0.0194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A111B #114A40

analogous

#4A1137 #4A111B #4A2411

triadic

#4A111B #1B4A11 #111B4A

tetradic

#4A111B #374A11 #114A40 #24114A

square

#4A111B #374A11 #114A40 #24114A

split-complementary

#4A111B #114A24 #11374A

monochromatic

#190609 #190609 #4A111B #7C1C2D #AE283F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.14

#4A111B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#4A111B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A111B

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A111B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A111B	1.00	15.14	1.39	15.14
#FFFFFF	15.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2A1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520515

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a111b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 17, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.086 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815457',
    500: '#4a111b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a111b;
$custom-light: #815457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a111b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.474,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2793,
    "c": 0.08565,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A111B

secondary

#338375

accent

#E6C942

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE8E9

border

#CAC4C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A111B

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

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