#491008#491008

#491008 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.088 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491008
RGB	rgb(73, 16, 8)
HSL	hsl(7, 80%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(7, 89%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 89%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.43, 26.45, 18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.43, 32.48, 35.47°)
OKLab	oklab(27.24% 0.075 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(27.24% 0.088 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.9771, 1.8050, 0.4213)
Luminance	0.0181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491008 #084149

analogous

#490820 #491008 #493008

triadic

#491008 #084910 #100849

tetradic

#491008 #204908 #084149 #300849

square

#491008 #204908 #084149 #300849

split-complementary

#491008 #084930 #082049

monochromatic

#1C0603 #1C0603 #491008 #801C0E #B72814

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.43

#491008 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#491008 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491008

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491008	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491008	1.00	15.43	1.36	15.43
#FFFFFF	15.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211C07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2906

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491008;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 16, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.088 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81534a',
    500: '#491008',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491008;
$custom-light: #81534a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491008",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.385,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27244,
    "c": 0.08773,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491008

secondary

#267B87

accent

#DEF731

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #491008

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

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