#490E15#490E15

#490E15 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.088 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E15
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 21)
HSL	hsl(353, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(353, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 71.2%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.32, 28.05, 11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.32, 30.47, 22.99°)
OKLab	oklab(27.23% 0.0833 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(27.23% 0.088 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0404, 1.7851, 0.8938)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E15 #0E4942

analogous

#490E33 #490E15 #49250E

triadic

#490E15 #15490E #0E1549

tetradic

#490E15 #33490E #0E4942 #250E49

square

#490E15 #33490E #0E4942 #250E49

split-complementary

#490E15 #0E4925 #0E3349

monochromatic

#1A0507 #1A0507 #490E15 #7C1824 #B02233

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.48

#490E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#490E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E15

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E15	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)

#1E1C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2913

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.088 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815252',
    500: '#490e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e15;
$custom-light: #815252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.881,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27226,
    "c": 0.08803,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E15

secondary

#2F847A

accent

#EBD63D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E15

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

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