#490D18#490D18

#490D18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.089 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490D18
RGB	rgb(73, 13, 24)
HSL	hsl(349, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(349, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.2%, 67.1%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.23, 28.68, 9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.23, 30.26, 18.56°)
OKLab	oklab(27.19% 0.086 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(27.19% 0.089 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.0568, 1.7707, 1.0448)
Luminance	0.0177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490D18 #0D493E

analogous

#490D36 #490D18 #49200D

triadic

#490D18 #18490D #0D1849

tetradic

#490D18 #36490D #0D493E #200D49

square

#490D18 #36490D #0D493E #200D49

split-complementary

#490D18 #0D4920 #0D3649

monochromatic

#1A0509 #1A0509 #490D18 #7D1629 #B1203A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.51

#490D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490D18

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490D18	1.00	15.51	1.35	15.51
#FFFFFF	15.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 13, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.089 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815154',
    500: '#490d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490d18;
$custom-light: #815154;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27187,
    "c": 0.08917,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490D18

secondary

#2D8474

accent

#EDCC3B

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490D18

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

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