#490A16#490A16

#490A16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.092 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490A16
RGB	rgb(73, 10, 22)
HSL	hsl(349, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(349, 86%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.3%, 69.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.78, 29.68, 10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.78, 31.48, 19.47°)
OKLab	oklab(26.83% 0.0888 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(26.83% 0.092 16)
XYZ	xyz(3.0013, 1.6919, 0.9274)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490A16 #0A493D

analogous

#490A36 #490A16 #491E0A

triadic

#490A16 #16490A #0A1649

tetradic

#490A16 #36490A #0A493D #1E0A49

square

#490A16 #36490A #0A493D #1E0A49

split-complementary

#490A16 #0A491E #0A3649

monochromatic

#1B0408 #1B0408 #490A16 #7F1126 #B51936

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.69

#490A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#490A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490A16

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490A16	1.00	15.69	1.34	15.69
#FFFFFF	15.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2814

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 10, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.092 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815052',
    500: '#490a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490a16;
$custom-light: #815052;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.571,
    "s": 75.904,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26835,
    "c": 0.09231,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.01691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490A16

secondary

#298674

accent

#F2CE35

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490A16

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

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