#490B1A#490B1A

#490B1A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.092 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490B1A
RGB	rgb(73, 11, 26)
HSL	hsl(345, 74%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(345, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.9%, 64.4%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.01, 29.62, 7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.01, 30.65, 14.84°)
OKLab	oklab(27.03% 0.0894 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(27.03% 0.092 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.0541, 1.7308, 1.1503)
Luminance	0.0173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490B1A #0B493A

analogous

#490B39 #490B1A #491B0B

triadic

#490B1A #1A490B #0B1A49

tetradic

#490B1A #39490B #0B493A #1B0B49

square

#490B1A #39490B #0B493A #1B0B49

split-complementary

#490B1A #0B491B #0B3949

monochromatic

#1B0409 #1B0409 #490B1A #7E132D #B31B40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.60

#490B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490B1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490B1A

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490B1A	1.00	15.60	1.35	15.60
#FFFFFF	15.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 11, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.092 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805156',
    500: '#490b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490b1a;
$custom-light: #805156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.484,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27034,
    "c": 0.09155,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490B1A

secondary

#2A856F

accent

#F0C437

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E8

border

#CAC3C4

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490B1A

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

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