#4A1211#4A1211

#4A1211 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.085 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1211
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 17)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 77%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.11, 26.36, 15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.11, 30.59, 30.47°)
OKLab	oklab(27.84% 0.0768 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(27.84% 0.085 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.1419, 1.9294, 0.7372)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1211 #11494A

analogous

#4A112C #4A1211 #4A2E11

triadic

#4A1211 #114A12 #12114A

tetradic

#4A1211 #2C4A11 #11494A #2E114A

square

#4A1211 #2C4A11 #11494A #2E114A

split-complementary

#4A1211 #114A2E #112C4A

monochromatic

#190606 #190606 #4A1211 #7C1E1C #AE2A28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.15

#4A1211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#4A1211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1211

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1211	1.00	15.15	1.39	15.15
#FFFFFF	15.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221E10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302A0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520412

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.085 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82544f',
    500: '#4a1211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1211;
$custom-light: #82544f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.053,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27836,
    "c": 0.08506,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1211

secondary

#338283

accent

#E3E642

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE8E7

border

#CAC4C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1211

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

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