#490B16#490B16

#490B16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.091 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490B16
RGB	rgb(73, 11, 22)
HSL	hsl(349, 74%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(349, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.9%, 69.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.91, 29.31, 10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.91, 31.19, 19.99°)
OKLab	oklab(26.93% 0.0876 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(26.93% 0.091 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.0125, 1.7142, 0.9311)
Luminance	0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490B16 #0B493E

analogous

#490B35 #490B16 #491F0B

triadic

#490B16 #16490B #0B1649

tetradic

#490B16 #35490B #0B493E #1F0B49

square

#490B16 #35490B #0B493E #1F0B49

split-complementary

#490B16 #0B491F #0B3549

monochromatic

#1B0408 #1B0408 #490B16 #7E1326 #B31B36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.64

#490B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#490B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490B16

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490B16	1.00	15.64	1.34	15.64
#FFFFFF	15.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2814

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 11, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.091 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815152',
    500: '#490b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490b16;
$custom-light: #815152;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.355,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26931,
    "c": 0.0913,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490B16

secondary

#2A8575

accent

#F0D037

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490B16

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

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