#4A1409#4A1409

#4A1409 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.085 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1409
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 9)
HSL	hsl(10, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(10, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.36, 24.98, 19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.36, 31.80, 38.24°)
OKLab	oklab(27.99% 0.0706 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(27.99% 0.085 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.1239, 1.9763, 0.4754)
Luminance	0.0198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1409 #093F4A

analogous

#4A091F #4A1409 #4A3509

triadic

#4A1409 #094A14 #14094A

tetradic

#4A1409 #1F4A09 #093F4A #35094A

square

#4A1409 #1F4A09 #093F4A #35094A

split-complementary

#4A1409 #094A35 #091F4A

monochromatic

#1B0703 #1B0703 #4A1409 #812310 #B73116

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.05

#4A1409 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#4A1409 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1409

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1409	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1409	1.00	15.05	1.40	15.05
#FFFFFF	15.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#241F07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B07

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520512

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1409;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.085 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82554a',
    500: '#4a1409',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1409;
$custom-light: #82554a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1409",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.154,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27988,
    "c": 0.0845,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1409

secondary

#277787

accent

#D4F533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1409

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

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