#490C1A#490C1A

#490C1A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.090 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490C1A
RGB	rgb(73, 12, 26)
HSL	hsl(346, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(346, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 64.4%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.14, 29.24, 8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.14, 30.33, 15.36°)
OKLab	oklab(27.13% 0.0882 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(27.13% 0.09 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0659, 1.7544, 1.1543)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490C1A #0C493B

analogous

#490C39 #490C1A #491D0C

triadic

#490C1A #1A490C #0C1A49

tetradic

#490C1A #39490C #0C493B #1D0C49

square

#490C1A #39490C #0C493B #1D0C49

split-complementary

#490C1A #0C491D #0C3949

monochromatic

#1A0409 #1A0409 #490C1A #7E152D #B21D3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.55

#490C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490C1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490C1A

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490C1A	1.00	15.55	1.35	15.55
#FFFFFF	15.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 12, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.090 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805156',
    500: '#490c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490c1a;
$custom-light: #805156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.23,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27134,
    "c": 0.09044,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490C1A

secondary

#2C8570

accent

#EEC539

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E8

border

#CAC3C4

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490C1A

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

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