#490E18#490E18

#490E18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.088 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E18
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 24)
HSL	hsl(350, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(350, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 67.1%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.38, 28.27, 9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.38, 29.93, 19.16°)
OKLab	oklab(27.3% 0.0847 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(27.3% 0.088 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0699, 1.7969, 1.0492)
Luminance	0.0180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E18 #0E493F

analogous

#490E36 #490E18 #49220E

triadic

#490E18 #18490E #0E1849

tetradic

#490E18 #36490E #0E493F #220E49

square

#490E18 #36490E #0E493F #220E49

split-complementary

#490E18 #0E4922 #0E3649

monochromatic

#1A0508 #1A0508 #490E18 #7C1829 #B0223A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.45

#490E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#490E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E18

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E18	1.00	15.45	1.36	15.45
#FFFFFF	15.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510112

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.088 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815254',
    500: '#490e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e18;
$custom-light: #815254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.831,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27298,
    "c": 0.08802,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E18

secondary

#2F8475

accent

#EBCD3D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E18

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

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