#490E1C#490E1C

#490E1C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.088 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490E1C
RGB	rgb(73, 14, 28)
HSL	hsl(346, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(346, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 61.6%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.48, 28.61, 7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.48, 29.46, 13.80°)
OKLab	oklab(27.41% 0.0865 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(27.41% 0.088 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.1146, 1.8148, 1.2847)
Luminance	0.0181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490E1C #0E493B

analogous

#490E3A #490E1C #491E0E

triadic

#490E1C #1C490E #0E1C49

tetradic

#490E1C #3A490E #0E493B #1E0E49

square

#490E1C #3A490E #0E493B #1E0E49

split-complementary

#490E1C #0E491E #0E3A49

monochromatic

#1A050A #1A050A #490E1C #7C1830 #B02243

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.41

#490E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#490E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490E1C

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490E1C	1.00	15.41	1.36	15.41
#FFFFFF	15.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C291B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500214

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 14, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.088 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805257',
    500: '#490e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490e1c;
$custom-light: #805257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.763,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27405,
    "c": 0.08832,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490E1C

secondary

#2F8470

accent

#EBC23D

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E9

border

#CAC3C5

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490E1C

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

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