#490C17#490C17

#490C17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.090 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490C17
RGB	rgb(73, 12, 23)
HSL	hsl(349, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(349, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 68.5%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.07, 29.00, 10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.07, 30.73, 19.27°)
OKLab	oklab(27.06% 0.0868 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(27.06% 0.09 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0341, 1.7417, 0.9869)
Luminance	0.0174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490C17 #0C493E

analogous

#490C36 #490C17 #49200C

triadic

#490C17 #17490C #0C1749

tetradic

#490C17 #36490C #0C493E #200C49

square

#490C17 #36490C #0C493E #200C49

split-complementary

#490C17 #0C4920 #0C3649

monochromatic

#1A0408 #1A0408 #490C17 #7E1528 #B21D38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.58

#490C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490C17

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490C17	1.00	15.58	1.35	15.58
#FFFFFF	15.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 12, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.090 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815153',
    500: '#490c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490c17;
$custom-light: #815153;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.18,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27057,
    "c": 0.09026,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490C17

secondary

#2C8575

accent

#EECE39

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490C17

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

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