#490C15#490C15

#490C15 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.090 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490C15
RGB	rgb(73, 12, 21)
HSL	hsl(351, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(351, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 71.2%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.02, 28.86, 11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.02, 31.07, 21.76°)
OKLab	oklab(27.01% 0.0859 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(27.01% 0.09 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0148, 1.7340, 0.8853)
Luminance	0.0173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490C15 #0C4940

analogous

#490C34 #490C15 #49220C

triadic

#490C15 #15490C #0C1549

tetradic

#490C15 #34490C #0C4940 #220C49

square

#490C15 #34490C #0C4940 #220C49

split-complementary

#490C15 #0C4922 #0C3449

monochromatic

#1A0408 #1A0408 #490C15 #7E1524 #B21D33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.59

#490C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490C15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490C15

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490C15	1.00	15.59	1.35	15.59
#FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2813

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 12, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.090 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815152',
    500: '#490c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490c15;
$custom-light: #815152;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.148,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27009,
    "c": 0.09024,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490C15

secondary

#2C8578

accent

#EED439

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490C15

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

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