#490C18#490C18

#490C18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.090 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490C18
RGB	rgb(73, 12, 24)
HSL	hsl(348, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(348, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 67.1%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.09, 29.08, 9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.09, 30.57, 17.99°)
OKLab	oklab(27.08% 0.0873 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(27.08% 0.09 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0443, 1.7458, 1.0406)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490C18 #0C493D

analogous

#490C37 #490C18 #491F0C

triadic

#490C18 #18490C #0C1849

tetradic

#490C18 #37490C #0C493D #1F0C49

square

#490C18 #37490C #0C493D #1F0C49

split-complementary

#490C18 #0C491F #0C3749

monochromatic

#1A0409 #1A0409 #490C18 #7E1529 #B21D3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.57

#490C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490C18

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490C18	1.00	15.57	1.35	15.57
#FFFFFF	15.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 12, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.090 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815154',
    500: '#490c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490c18;
$custom-light: #815154;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.197,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27082,
    "c": 0.09029,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490C18

secondary

#2C8573

accent

#EECB39

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490C18

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

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