#490D17#490D17

#490D17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.089 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490D17
RGB	rgb(73, 13, 23)
HSL	hsl(350, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(350, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.2%, 68.5%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.21, 28.61, 10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.21, 30.41, 19.86°)
OKLab	oklab(27.16% 0.0855 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(27.16% 0.089 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.0465, 1.7666, 0.9910)
Luminance	0.0177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490D17 #0D493F

analogous

#490D35 #490D17 #49210D

triadic

#490D17 #17490D #0D1749

tetradic

#490D17 #35490D #0D493F #210D49

square

#490D17 #35490D #0D493F #210D49

split-complementary

#490D17 #0D4921 #0D3549

monochromatic

#1A0508 #1A0508 #490D17 #7D1627 #B12038

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.52

#490D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490D17

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490D17	1.00	15.52	1.35	15.52
#FFFFFF	15.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 13, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.089 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815153',
    500: '#490d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490d17;
$custom-light: #815153;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27163,
    "c": 0.08915,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490D17

secondary

#2D8476

accent

#EDCF3B

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490D17

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

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