#490F0F#490F0F

#490F0F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.088 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#490F0F
RGBrgb(73, 15, 15)
HSLhsl(0, 66%, 17%)
HSVhsv(0, 79%, 29%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79.5%, 79.5%, 71.4%)
CIE-LABlab(14.36, 27.23, 15.61)
CIE-LCHlch(14.36, 31.39, 29.82°)
OKLaboklab(27.22% 0.0792 0.0372)
OKLCHoklch(27.22% 0.088 25.1)
XYZxyz(3.0050, 1.7931, 0.6397)
Luminance0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#490F0F #0F4949
analogous
#490F2C #490F0F #492C0F
triadic
#490F0F #0F490F #0F0F49
tetradic
#490F0F #2C490F #0F4949 #2C0F49
square
#490F0F #2C490F #0F4949 #2C0F49
split-complementary
#490F0F #0F492C #0F2C49
monochromatic
#190505 #190505 #490F0F #7C1919 #AF2424

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.46
#490F0F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36
#490F0F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F0F
15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##490F0F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##490F0F1.0015.461.3615.46
#FFFFFF15.461.0021.001.00
#0000001.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF15.461.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#201C0E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2E290D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#510010
Achromatopsia (no color)
#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #490f0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.088 25.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81524d',
    500: '#490f0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #490f0f;
$custom-light: #81524d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#490f0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27224,
    "c": 0.08751,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#490F0F
secondary
#308383
accent
#E9E93F
background
#F8F4F4
surface
#EFE7E7
border
#CAC3C3
text
#0B0201
muted
#7C7877

Preview Lab

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#490F0F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva