#4A1509#4A1509

#4A1509 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.083 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1509
RGB	rgb(74, 21, 9)
HSL	hsl(11, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(11, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.55, 24.47, 19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.55, 31.56, 39.16°)
OKLab	oklab(28.13% 0.069 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(28.13% 0.083 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.1419, 2.0124, 0.4814)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1509 #093E4A

analogous

#4A091E #4A1509 #4A3609

triadic

#4A1509 #094A15 #15094A

tetradic

#4A1509 #1E4A09 #093E4A #36094A

square

#4A1509 #1E4A09 #093E4A #36094A

split-complementary

#4A1509 #094A36 #091E4A

monochromatic

#1B0803 #1B0803 #4A1509 #812410 #B73416

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.97

#4A1509 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#4A1509 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1509

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1509	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1509	1.00	14.97	1.40	14.97
#FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#241F07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B07

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520713

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1509;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 21, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.083 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82554a',
    500: '#4a1509',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1509;
$custom-light: #82554a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1509",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.077,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2813,
    "c": 0.08341,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1509

secondary

#277687

accent

#D1F533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1509

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

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