#4C0A09#4C0A09

#4C0A09 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.097 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C0A09
RGB	rgb(76, 10, 9)
HSL	hsl(1, 79%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(1, 88%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.8%, 88.2%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.25, 30.02, 18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.25, 35.18, 31.43°)
OKLab	oklab(27.24% 0.0861 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(27.24% 0.097 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.1387, 1.7738, 0.4355)
Luminance	0.0177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C0A09 #094B4C

analogous

#4C092A #4C0A09 #4C2C09

triadic

#4C0A09 #094C0A #0A094C

tetradic

#4C0A09 #2A4C09 #094B4C #2C094C

square

#4C0A09 #2A4C09 #094B4C #2C094C

split-complementary

#4C0A09 #094C2C #092A4C

monochromatic

#1B0403 #1B0403 #4C0A09 #83110F #B91816

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.50

#4C0A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#4C0A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C0A09

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C0A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C0A09	1.00	15.50	1.35	15.50
#FFFFFF	15.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2906

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c0a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 10, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.097 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84504a',
    500: '#4c0a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c0a09;
$custom-light: #84504a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c0a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.896,
    "s": 78.824,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27239,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C0A09

secondary

#288889

accent

#F2F533

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0C0201

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C0A09

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

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