#49151B#49151B

#49151B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.079 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49151B
RGB	rgb(73, 21, 27)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 63%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.66, 25.23, 9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.66, 26.91, 20.32°)
OKLab	oklab(28.27% 0.0756 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(28.27% 0.079 17)
XYZ	xyz(3.2139, 2.0324, 1.2597)
Luminance	0.0203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49151B #154943

analogous

#491535 #49151B #492915

triadic

#49151B #1B4915 #151B49

tetradic

#49151B #354915 #154943 #291549

square

#49151B #354915 #154943 #291549

split-complementary

#49151B #154929 #153549

monochromatic

#180709 #190709 #49151B #79232D #A8303E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.93

#49151B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#49151B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49151B

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49151B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49151B	1.00	14.93	1.41	14.93
#FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22201B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500B17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49151b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 21, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.079 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805657',
    500: '#49151b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49151b;
$custom-light: #805657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49151b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.077,
    "s": 55.319,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2827,
    "c": 0.07906,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.02032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49151B

secondary

#398179

accent

#DFCD49

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #49151B

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

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