#490E14#490E14

#490E14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.088 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E14
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 20)
HSL	hsl(354, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(354, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 72.6%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.30, 27.98, 12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.30, 30.66, 24.16°)
OKLab	oklab(27.21% 0.0828 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(27.21% 0.088 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0313, 1.7815, 0.8459)
Luminance	0.0178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E14 #0E4943

analogous

#490E32 #490E14 #49260E

triadic

#490E14 #14490E #0E1449

tetradic

#490E14 #32490E #0E4943 #260E49

square

#490E14 #32490E #0E4943 #260E49

split-complementary

#490E14 #0E4926 #0E3249

monochromatic

#1A0507 #1A0507 #490E14 #7C1822 #B02230

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.48

#490E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#490E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E14

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E14	1.00	15.48	1.36	15.48
#FFFFFF	15.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2912

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.088 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815251',
    500: '#490e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e14;
$custom-light: #815251;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.898,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27205,
    "c": 0.08808,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E14

secondary

#2F847B

accent

#EBD93D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E14

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

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