#490F18#490F18

#490F18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.087 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490F18
RGB	rgb(73, 15, 24)
HSL	hsl(351, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(351, 79%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 67.1%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.54, 27.84, 10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.54, 29.59, 19.81°)
OKLab	oklab(27.41% 0.0833 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(27.41% 0.087 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.0837, 1.8245, 1.0538)
Luminance	0.0182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490F18 #0F4940

analogous

#490F35 #490F18 #49230F

triadic

#490F18 #18490F #0F1849

tetradic

#490F18 #35490F #0F4940 #230F49

square

#490F18 #35490F #0F4940 #230F49

split-complementary

#490F18 #0F4923 #0F3549

monochromatic

#190508 #190508 #490F18 #7C1929 #AF2439

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.39

#490F18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#490F18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F18

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490F18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490F18	1.00	15.39	1.36	15.39
#FFFFFF	15.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510213

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490f18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.087 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805254',
    500: '#490f18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490f18;
$custom-light: #805254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490f18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.69,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27412,
    "c": 0.08684,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490F18

secondary

#308377

accent

#E9CE3F

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490F18

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

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