#490F0D#490F0D

#490F0D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.088 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490F0D
RGB	rgb(73, 15, 13)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 82.2%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.33, 27.13, 16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.33, 31.80, 31.43°)
OKLab	oklab(27.19% 0.0784 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(27.19% 0.088 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.9915, 1.7876, 0.5682)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490F0D #0D4749

analogous

#490D29 #490F0D #492D0D

triadic

#490F0D #0D490F #0F0D49

tetradic

#490F0D #29490D #0D4749 #2D0D49

square

#490F0D #29490D #0D4749 #2D0D49

split-complementary

#490F0D #0D492D #0D2949

monochromatic

#1A0505 #1A0505 #490F0D #7D1A16 #B12420

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.47

#490F0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#490F0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F0D

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490F0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490F0D	1.00	15.47	1.36	15.47
#FFFFFF	15.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201C0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E290B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490f0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.088 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81524c',
    500: '#490f0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490f0d;
$custom-light: #81524c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490f0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27191,
    "c": 0.08782,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490F0D

secondary

#2D8184

accent

#E7ED3B

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #490F0D

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

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