#49170B#49170B

#49170B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.079 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49170B
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 11)
HSL	hsl(12, 74%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(12, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 84.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.77, 23.08, 19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.77, 30.10, 39.96°)
OKLab	oklab(28.26% 0.0653 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(28.26% 0.079 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.1148, 2.0539, 0.5490)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49170B #0B3D49

analogous

#490B1E #49170B #49360B

triadic

#49170B #0B4917 #170B49

tetradic

#49170B #1E490B #0B3D49 #360B49

square

#49170B #1E490B #0B3D49 #360B49

split-complementary

#49170B #0B4936 #0B1E49

monochromatic

#1B0804 #1B0804 #49170B #7E2813 #B3391B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.89

#49170B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#49170B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49170B

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49170B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49170B	1.00	14.89	1.41	14.89
#FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510B15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49170b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.079 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81564b',
    500: '#49170b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49170b;
$custom-light: #81564b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49170b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.613,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28262,
    "c": 0.07942,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49170B

secondary

#2A7485

accent

#CDF037

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #49170B

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

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