#490C0A#490C0A

#490C0A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.091 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490C0A
RGB	rgb(73, 12, 10)
HSL	hsl(2, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(2, 86%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 86.3%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.84, 28.24, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.84, 33.10, 31.43°)
OKLab	oklab(26.81% 0.0811 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(26.81% 0.091 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.9343, 1.7018, 0.4611)
Luminance	0.0170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490C0A #0A4749

analogous

#490A28 #490C0A #492C0A

triadic

#490C0A #0A490C #0C0A49

tetradic

#490C0A #28490A #0A4749 #2C0A49

square

#490C0A #28490A #0A4749 #2C0A49

split-complementary

#490C0A #0A492C #0A2849

monochromatic

#1B0404 #1B0404 #490C0A #7F1511 #B51E19

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.67

#490C0A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#490C0A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490C0A

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490C0A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490C0A	1.00	15.67	1.34	15.67
#FFFFFF	15.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2808

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51000C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490c0a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 12, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.091 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82514b',
    500: '#490c0a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490c0a;
$custom-light: #82514b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490c0a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.905,
    "s": 75.904,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2681,
    "c": 0.09133,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490C0A

secondary

#298386

accent

#ECF235

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #490C0A

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

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