#490F1B#490F1B

#490F1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.087 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#490F1B
RGB	rgb(73, 15, 27)
HSL	hsl(348, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 63%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.61, 28.09, 7.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.61, 29.19, 15.77°)
OKLab	oklab(27.49% 0.0847 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(27.49% 0.087 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.1166, 1.8377, 1.2273)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#490F1B #0F493D

analogous

#490F38 #490F1B #49200F

triadic

#490F1B #1B490F #0F1B49

tetradic

#490F1B #38490F #0F493D #200F49

square

#490F1B #38490F #0F493D #200F49

split-complementary

#490F1B #0F4920 #0F3849

monochromatic

#190509 #190509 #490F1B #7C192E #AF2441

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.36

#490F1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#490F1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #490F1B

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##490F1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##490F1B	1.00	15.36	1.37	15.36
#FFFFFF	15.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D291A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510314

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #490f1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 15, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.087 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805257',
    500: '#490f1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #490f1b;
$custom-light: #805257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#490f1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.586,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27491,
    "c": 0.08699,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#490F1B

secondary

#308372

accent

#E9C63F

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E9

border

#CAC3C5

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #490F1B

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

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