#490E1B#490E1B

#490E1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.088 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E1B
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 27)
HSL	hsl(347, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(347, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 63%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.46, 28.52, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.46, 29.55, 15.16°)
OKLab	oklab(27.38% 0.0861 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(27.38% 0.088 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1028, 1.8101, 1.2227)
Luminance	0.0181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E1B #0E493C

analogous

#490E39 #490E1B #491F0E

triadic

#490E1B #1B490E #0E1B49

tetradic

#490E1B #39490E #0E493C #1F0E49

square

#490E1B #39490E #0E493C #1F0E49

split-complementary

#490E1B #0E491F #0E3949

monochromatic

#1A0509 #1A0509 #490E1B #7C182E #B02241

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.42

#490E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#490E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E1B

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E1B	1.00	15.42	1.36	15.42
#FFFFFF	15.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510213

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.088 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805257',
    500: '#490e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e1b;
$custom-light: #805257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.78,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27377,
    "c": 0.08821,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E1B

secondary

#2F8471

accent

#EBC43D

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E9

border

#CAC3C5

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E1B

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

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