#490F11#490F11

#490F11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.087 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490F11
RGB	rgb(73, 15, 17)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(358, 79%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 76.7%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.39, 27.35, 14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.39, 30.98, 28.00°)
OKLab	oklab(27.26% 0.0801 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(27.26% 0.087 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.0200, 1.7990, 0.7184)
Luminance	0.0180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490F11 #0F4947

analogous

#490F2E #490F11 #492A0F

triadic

#490F11 #11490F #0F1149

tetradic

#490F11 #2E490F #0F4947 #2A0F49

square

#490F11 #2E490F #0F4947 #2A0F49

split-complementary

#490F11 #0F492A #0F2E49

monochromatic

#190506 #190506 #490F11 #7C191D #AF2429

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.44

#490F11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#490F11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F11

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490F11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490F11	1.00	15.44	1.36	15.44
#FFFFFF	15.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E290F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490f11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.087 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81524f',
    500: '#490f11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490f11;
$custom-light: #81524f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490f11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.931,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2726,
    "c": 0.08724,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490F11

secondary

#308381

accent

#E9E33F

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #490F11

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

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