#490E17#490E17

#490E17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.088 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E17
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 23)
HSL	hsl(351, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(351, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 68.5%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.36, 28.19, 10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.36, 30.09, 20.47°)
OKLab	oklab(27.27% 0.0842 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(27.27% 0.088 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0597, 1.7928, 0.9954)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E17 #0E4940

analogous

#490E35 #490E17 #49220E

triadic

#490E17 #17490E #0E1749

tetradic

#490E17 #35490E #0E4940 #220E49

square

#490E17 #35490E #0E4940 #220E49

split-complementary

#490E17 #0E4922 #0E3549

monochromatic

#1A0508 #1A0508 #490E17 #7C1827 #B02237

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.46

#490E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#490E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E17

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E17	1.00	15.46	1.36	15.46
#FFFFFF	15.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.088 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815253',
    500: '#490e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e17;
$custom-light: #815253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.847,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27273,
    "c": 0.088,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E17

secondary

#2F8477

accent

#EBD03D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E17

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

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