#490F12#490F12

#490F12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.087 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490F12
RGB	rgb(73, 15, 18)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 75.3%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.41, 27.41, 13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.41, 30.77, 27.00°)
OKLab	oklab(27.28% 0.0805 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(27.28% 0.087 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.0280, 1.8022, 0.7606)
Luminance	0.0180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490F12 #0F4946

analogous

#490F2F #490F12 #49290F

triadic

#490F12 #12490F #0F1249

tetradic

#490F12 #2F490F #0F4946 #290F49

square

#490F12 #2F490F #0F4946 #290F49

split-complementary

#490F12 #0F4929 #0F2F49

monochromatic

#190506 #190506 #490F12 #7C191F #AF242B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.44

#490F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#490F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F12

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490F12	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)

#1F1D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2910

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.087 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81524f',
    500: '#490f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490f12;
$custom-light: #81524f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.897,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27279,
    "c": 0.08713,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490F12

secondary

#30837F

accent

#E9E03F

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490F12

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

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