#490D19#490D19

#490D19 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.089 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490D19
RGB	rgb(73, 13, 25)
HSL	hsl(348, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(348, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.2%, 65.8%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.26, 28.76, 8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.26, 30.12, 17.24°)
OKLab	oklab(27.21% 0.0865 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(27.21% 0.089 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.0674, 1.7749, 1.1006)
Luminance	0.0177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490D19 #0D493D

analogous

#490D37 #490D19 #491F0D

triadic

#490D19 #19490D #0D1949

tetradic

#490D19 #37490D #0D493D #1F0D49

square

#490D19 #37490D #0D493D #1F0D49

split-complementary

#490D19 #0D491F #0D3749

monochromatic

#1A0509 #1A0509 #490D19 #7D162B #B1203D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.50

#490D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#490D19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490D19

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490D19	1.00	15.50	1.36	15.50
#FFFFFF	15.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2917

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 13, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.089 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805155',
    500: '#490d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490d19;
$custom-light: #805155;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27213,
    "c": 0.08922,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490D19

secondary

#2D8473

accent

#EDC93B

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490D19

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

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