#4A1709#4A1709

#4A1709 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.081 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1709
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 9)
HSL	hsl(13, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(13, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.95, 23.41, 20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.95, 31.07, 41.10°)
OKLab	oklab(28.43% 0.0657 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(28.43% 0.081 36)
XYZ	xyz(3.1801, 2.0888, 0.4941)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1709 #093C4A

analogous

#4A091C #4A1709 #4A3809

triadic

#4A1709 #094A17 #17094A

tetradic

#4A1709 #1C4A09 #093C4A #38094A

square

#4A1709 #1C4A09 #093C4A #38094A

split-complementary

#4A1709 #094A38 #091C4A

monochromatic

#1B0803 #1B0803 #4A1709 #812810 #B73916

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.81

#4A1709 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#4A1709 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1709

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1709	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1709	1.00	14.81	1.42	14.81
#FFFFFF	14.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252107

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C07

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520A14

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1709;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.081 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82564a',
    500: '#4a1709',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1709;
$custom-light: #82564a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1709",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.923,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28428,
    "c": 0.08125,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.02088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1709

secondary

#277387

accent

#CBF533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1709

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

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