#490D0D#490D0D

#490D0D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.090 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490D0D
RGB	rgb(73, 13, 13)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(0, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.2%, 82.2%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.02, 27.98, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.02, 32.32, 30.04°)
OKLab	oklab(26.96% 0.0811 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(26.96% 0.09 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9646, 1.7338, 0.5593)
Luminance	0.0173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490D0D #0D4949

analogous

#490D2B #490D0D #492B0D

triadic

#490D0D #0D490D #0D0D49

tetradic

#490D0D #2B490D #0D4949 #2B0D49

square

#490D0D #2B490D #0D4949 #2B0D49

split-complementary

#490D0D #0D492B #0D2B49

monochromatic

#1A0505 #1A0505 #490D0D #7D1616 #B12020

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.59

#490D0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490D0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490D0D

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490D0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490D0D	1.00	15.59	1.35	15.59
#FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E280B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490d0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 13, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.090 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514c',
    500: '#490d0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490d0d;
$custom-light: #81514c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490d0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26962,
    "c": 0.08989,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490D0D

secondary

#2D8484

accent

#EDED3B

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #490D0D

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

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