#490E12#490E12

#490E12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.088 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E12
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 18)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 75.3%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.26, 27.84, 13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.26, 31.06, 26.31°)
OKLab	oklab(27.16% 0.0819 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(27.16% 0.088 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0142, 1.7747, 0.7560)
Luminance	0.0177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E12 #0E4945

analogous

#490E30 #490E12 #49280E

triadic

#490E12 #12490E #0E1249

tetradic

#490E12 #30490E #0E4945 #280E49

square

#490E12 #30490E #0E4945 #280E49

split-complementary

#490E12 #0E4928 #0E3049

monochromatic

#1A0506 #1A0506 #490E12 #7C181F #B0222B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.50

#490E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#490E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E12

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E12	1.00	15.50	1.35	15.50
#FFFFFF	15.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2910

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.088 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81524f',
    500: '#490e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e12;
$custom-light: #81524f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.932,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27163,
    "c": 0.08824,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E12

secondary

#2F847E

accent

#EBDF3D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E12

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

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