#490E0C#490E0C

#490E0C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.089 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E0C
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 12)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(2, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 83.6%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.16, 27.51, 16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.16, 32.25, 31.45°)
OKLab	oklab(27.06% 0.0793 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(27.06% 0.089 27)
XYZ	xyz(2.9714, 1.7575, 0.5305)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E0C #0C4749

analogous

#490C29 #490E0C #492D0C

triadic

#490E0C #0C490E #0E0C49

tetradic

#490E0C #29490C #0C4749 #2D0C49

square

#490E0C #29490C #0C4749 #2D0C49

split-complementary

#490E0C #0C492D #0C2949

monochromatic

#1A0504 #1A0504 #490E0C #7E1815 #B2221D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.54

#490E0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490E0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E0C

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E0C	1.00	15.54	1.35	15.54
#FFFFFF	15.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E290A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.089 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81524c',
    500: '#490e0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e0c;
$custom-light: #81524c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.967,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27059,
    "c": 0.08903,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.01757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E0C

secondary

#2C8285

accent

#E9EE39

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E0C

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

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