#490E11#490E11

#490E11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.088 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E11
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 17)
HSL	hsl(357, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(357, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 76.7%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.24, 27.78, 14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.24, 31.26, 27.30°)
OKLab	oklab(27.14% 0.0815 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(27.14% 0.088 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0062, 1.7715, 0.7138)
Luminance	0.0177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E11 #0E4946

analogous

#490E2F #490E11 #49290E

triadic

#490E11 #11490E #0E1149

tetradic

#490E11 #2F490E #0E4946 #290E49

square

#490E11 #2F490E #0E4946 #290E49

split-complementary

#490E11 #0E4929 #0E2F49

monochromatic

#1A0506 #1A0506 #490E11 #7C181D #B02229

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.51

#490E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E11

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E11	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)

#1F1C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E290F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.088 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81524f',
    500: '#490e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e11;
$custom-light: #81524f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.949,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27144,
    "c": 0.08833,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E11

secondary

#2F8480

accent

#EBE23D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E11

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

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