#4A1309#4A1309

#4A1309 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.086 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1309
RGB	rgb(74, 19, 9)
HSL	hsl(9, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(9, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.18, 25.47, 19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.18, 32.05, 37.37°)
OKLab	oklab(27.85% 0.0721 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(27.85% 0.086 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1066, 1.9418, 0.4696)
Luminance	0.0194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1309 #09404A

analogous

#4A0920 #4A1309 #4A3409

triadic

#4A1309 #094A13 #13094A

tetradic

#4A1309 #204A09 #09404A #34094A

square

#4A1309 #204A09 #09404A #34094A

split-complementary

#4A1309 #094A34 #09204A

monochromatic

#1B0703 #1B0703 #4A1309 #812110 #B72F16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.13

#4A1309 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#4A1309 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1309

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1309	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1309	1.00	15.13	1.39	15.13
#FFFFFF	15.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#231E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B07

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520411

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1309;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 19, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.086 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82544a',
    500: '#4a1309',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1309;
$custom-light: #82544a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1309",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2785,
    "c": 0.08557,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1309

secondary

#277987

accent

#D7F533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1309

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

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