#490C1B#490C1B

#490C1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.091 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490C1B
RGB	rgb(73, 12, 27)
HSL	hsl(345, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(345, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 63%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.17, 29.33, 7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.17, 30.23, 14.04°)
OKLab	oklab(27.16% 0.0887 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(27.16% 0.091 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.0773, 1.7590, 1.2142)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490C1B #0C493A

analogous

#490C3A #490C1B #491C0C

triadic

#490C1B #1B490C #0C1B49

tetradic

#490C1B #3A490C #0C493A #1C0C49

square

#490C1B #3A490C #0C493A #1C0C49

split-complementary

#490C1B #0C491C #0C3A49

monochromatic

#1A040A #1A040A #490C1B #7E152E #B21D42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.53

#490C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490C1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490C1B

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490C1B	1.00	15.53	1.35	15.53
#FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 12, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.091 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805156',
    500: '#490c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490c1b;
$custom-light: #805156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.246,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27162,
    "c": 0.09055,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490C1B

secondary

#2C856F

accent

#EEC239

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E9

border

#CAC3C5

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490C1B

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

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