#490E1A#490E1A

#490E1A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.088 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E1A
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 26)
HSL	hsl(348, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(348, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 64.4%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.43, 28.43, 8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.43, 29.65, 16.51°)
OKLab	oklab(27.35% 0.0856 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(27.35% 0.088 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.0914, 1.8056, 1.1628)
Luminance	0.0181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E1A #0E493D

analogous

#490E38 #490E1A #49200E

triadic

#490E1A #1A490E #0E1A49

tetradic

#490E1A #38490E #0E493D #200E49

square

#490E1A #38490E #0E493D #200E49

split-complementary

#490E1A #0E4920 #0E3849

monochromatic

#1A0509 #1A0509 #490E1A #7C182C #B0223F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.43

#490E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#490E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E1A

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E1A	1.00	15.43	1.36	15.43
#FFFFFF	15.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510113

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.088 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805256',
    500: '#490e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e1a;
$custom-light: #805256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.797,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27349,
    "c": 0.08812,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E1A

secondary

#2F8473

accent

#EBC73D

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E8

border

#CAC3C4

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E1A

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

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