#490C19#490C19

#490C19 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.090 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490C19
RGB	rgb(73, 12, 25)
HSL	hsl(347, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(347, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 65.8%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.12, 29.16, 8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.12, 30.44, 16.68°)
OKLab	oklab(27.11% 0.0878 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(27.11% 0.09 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0549, 1.7500, 1.0964)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490C19 #0C493C

analogous

#490C38 #490C19 #491E0C

triadic

#490C19 #19490C #0C1949

tetradic

#490C19 #38490C #0C493C #1E0C49

square

#490C19 #38490C #0C493C #1E0C49

split-complementary

#490C19 #0C491E #0C3849

monochromatic

#1A0409 #1A0409 #490C19 #7E152B #B21D3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.56

#490C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490C19

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490C19	1.00	15.56	1.35	15.56
#FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 12, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.090 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815155',
    500: '#490c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490c19;
$custom-light: #815155;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.213,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27108,
    "c": 0.09036,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490C19

secondary

#2C8572

accent

#EEC839

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490C19

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

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