#4A1209#4A1209

#4A1209 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.087 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1209
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 9)
HSL	hsl(8, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(8, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.00, 25.96, 19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.00, 32.30, 36.52°)
OKLab	oklab(27.72% 0.0736 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(27.72% 0.087 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0900, 1.9086, 0.4641)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1209 #09414A

analogous

#4A0921 #4A1209 #4A3309

triadic

#4A1209 #094A12 #12094A

tetradic

#4A1209 #214A09 #09414A #33094A

square

#4A1209 #214A09 #09414A #33094A

split-complementary

#4A1209 #094A33 #09214A

monochromatic

#1B0703 #1B0703 #4A1209 #811F10 #B72D16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.20

#4A1209 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#4A1209 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1209

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1209	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1209	1.00	15.20	1.38	15.20
#FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302A07

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520210

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1209;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.087 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82544a',
    500: '#4a1209',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1209;
$custom-light: #82544a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1209",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.308,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27716,
    "c": 0.08664,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1209

secondary

#277A87

accent

#DAF533

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1209

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

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