#490E16#490E16

#490E16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.088 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E16
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 22)
HSL	hsl(352, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(352, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 69.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.34, 28.12, 11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.34, 30.27, 21.76°)
OKLab	oklab(27.25% 0.0838 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(27.25% 0.088 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0498, 1.7889, 0.9436)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E16 #0E4941

analogous

#490E34 #490E16 #49230E

triadic

#490E16 #16490E #0E1649

tetradic

#490E16 #34490E #0E4941 #230E49

square

#490E16 #34490E #0E4941 #230E49

split-complementary

#490E16 #0E4923 #0E3449

monochromatic

#1A0508 #1A0508 #490E16 #7C1825 #B02235

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.47

#490E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#490E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E16

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E16	1.00	15.47	1.36	15.47
#FFFFFF	15.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2914

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.088 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815252',
    500: '#490e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e16;
$custom-light: #815252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.864,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27249,
    "c": 0.08801,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E16

secondary

#2F8478

accent

#EBD33D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E16

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

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