#490E0E#490E0E

#490E0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.089 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E0E
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 14)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(0, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 80.8%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.19, 27.61, 15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.19, 31.87, 29.94°)
OKLab	oklab(27.09% 0.0802 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(27.09% 0.089 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.9843, 1.7627, 0.5985)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E0E #0E4949

analogous

#490E2C #490E0E #492C0E

triadic

#490E0E #0E490E #0E0E49

tetradic

#490E0E #2C490E #0E4949 #2C0E49

square

#490E0E #2C490E #0E4949 #2C0E49

split-complementary

#490E0E #0E492C #0E2C49

monochromatic

#1A0505 #1A0505 #490E0E #7C1818 #B02222

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.53

#490E0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490E0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E0E

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E0E	1.00	15.53	1.35	15.53
#FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1C0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E290C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.089 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81524d',
    500: '#490e0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e0e;
$custom-light: #81524d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27091,
    "c": 0.08872,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E0E

secondary

#2F8484

accent

#EBEB3D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E0E

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

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