#490C0D#490C0D

#490C0D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.091 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490C0D
RGB	rgb(73, 12, 13)
HSL	hsl(359, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(359, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 82.2%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.88, 28.38, 15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.88, 32.58, 29.40°)
OKLab	oklab(26.86% 0.0823 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(26.86% 0.091 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9521, 1.7089, 0.5551)
Luminance	0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490C0D #0C4948

analogous

#490C2C #490C0D #492A0C

triadic

#490C0D #0D490C #0C0D49

tetradic

#490C0D #2C490C #0C4948 #2A0C49

square

#490C0D #2C490C #0C4948 #2A0C49

split-complementary

#490C0D #0C492A #0C2C49

monochromatic

#1A0405 #1A0405 #490C0D #7E1516 #B21D20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.65

#490C0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#490C0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490C0D

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490C0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490C0D	1.00	15.65	1.34	15.65
#FFFFFF	15.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1B0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490c0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 12, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.091 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514c',
    500: '#490c0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490c0d;
$custom-light: #81514c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490c0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.016,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26855,
    "c": 0.0909,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490C0D

secondary

#2C8583

accent

#EEEC39

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #490C0D

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

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