#490D0E#490D0E

#490D0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.090 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490D0E
RGB	rgb(73, 13, 14)
HSL	hsl(359, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(359, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.2%, 80.8%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.04, 28.03, 15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.04, 32.13, 29.27°)
OKLab	oklab(26.98% 0.0815 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(26.98% 0.09 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.9712, 1.7365, 0.5941)
Luminance	0.0174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490D0E #0D4948

analogous

#490D2C #490D0E #492A0D

triadic

#490D0E #0E490D #0D0E49

tetradic

#490D0E #2C490D #0D4948 #2A0D49

square

#490D0E #2C490D #0D4948 #2A0D49

split-complementary

#490D0E #0D492A #0D2C49

monochromatic

#1A0505 #1A0505 #490D0E #7D1618 #B12022

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.59

#490D0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490D0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490D0E

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490D0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490D0E	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)

#1F1B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E280C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490d0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 13, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.090 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514d',
    500: '#490d0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490d0e;
$custom-light: #81514d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490d0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26978,
    "c": 0.08975,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490D0E

secondary

#2D8483

accent

#EDEA3B

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #490D0E

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

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