#490B14#490B14

#490B14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.091 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490B14
RGB	rgb(73, 11, 20)
HSL	hsl(351, 74%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(351, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.9%, 72.6%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.87, 29.17, 11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.87, 31.54, 22.34°)
OKLab	oklab(26.89% 0.0867 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(26.89% 0.091 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.9939, 1.7068, 0.8335)
Luminance	0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490B14 #0B4940

analogous

#490B33 #490B14 #49210B

triadic

#490B14 #14490B #0B1449

tetradic

#490B14 #33490B #0B4940 #210B49

square

#490B14 #33490B #0B4940 #210B49

split-complementary

#490B14 #0B4921 #0B3349

monochromatic

#1B0407 #1B0407 #490B14 #7E1323 #B31B31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.66

#490B14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#490B14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490B14

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490B14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490B14	1.00	15.66	1.34	15.66
#FFFFFF	15.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2812

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490b14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 11, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.091 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815051',
    500: '#490b14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490b14;
$custom-light: #815051;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490b14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.29,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26885,
    "c": 0.0913,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490B14

secondary

#2A8578

accent

#F0D637

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490B14

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

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