#490F0C#490F0C

#490F0C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.088 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490F0C
RGB	rgb(73, 15, 12)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(3, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 83.6%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.32, 27.08, 17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.32, 31.99, 32.16°)
OKLab	oklab(27.18% 0.078 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(27.18% 0.088 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9852, 1.7851, 0.5351)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490F0C #0C4649

analogous

#490C28 #490F0C #492E0C

triadic

#490F0C #0C490F #0F0C49

tetradic

#490F0C #28490C #0C4649 #2E0C49

square

#490F0C #28490C #0C4649 #2E0C49

split-complementary

#490F0C #0C492E #0C2849

monochromatic

#1A0504 #1A0504 #490F0C #7E1A15 #B2251D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.48

#490F0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#490F0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F0C

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490F0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490F0C	1.00	15.48	1.36	15.48
#FFFFFF	15.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E290A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490f0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.088 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81524c',
    500: '#490f0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490f0c;
$custom-light: #81524c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490f0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.951,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27176,
    "c": 0.08799,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490F0C

secondary

#2C8085

accent

#E6EE39

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #490F0C

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

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