#4A1216#4A1216

#4A1216 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.084 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1216
RGB	rgb(74, 18, 22)
HSL	hsl(356, 61%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(356, 76%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 70.3%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.21, 26.70, 12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.21, 29.43, 24.89°)
OKLab	oklab(27.94% 0.0791 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(27.94% 0.084 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1855, 1.9468, 0.9669)
Luminance	0.0195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1216 #124A46

analogous

#4A1232 #4A1216 #4A2A12

triadic

#4A1216 #164A12 #12164A

tetradic

#4A1216 #324A12 #124A46 #2A124A

square

#4A1216 #324A12 #124A46 #2A124A

split-complementary

#4A1216 #124A2A #12324A

monochromatic

#190607 #190607 #4A1216 #7B1E25 #AC2A33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.12

#4A1216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#4A1216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1216

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1216	1.00	15.12	1.39	15.12
#FFFFFF	15.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520514

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 18, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.084 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815452',
    500: '#4a1216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1216;
$custom-light: #815452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27936,
    "c": 0.08446,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1216

secondary

#35837D

accent

#E4D944

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE8E7

border

#CAC4C3

text

#0B0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1216

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

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