#49170E#49170E

#49170E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.079 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49170E
RGB	rgb(73, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 80.8%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.81, 23.23, 17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.81, 29.38, 37.74°)
OKLab	oklab(28.3% 0.0664 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(28.3% 0.079 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.1336, 2.0614, 0.6483)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49170E #0E4049

analogous

#490E22 #49170E #49350E

triadic

#49170E #0E4917 #170E49

tetradic

#49170E #22490E #0E4049 #350E49

square

#49170E #22490E #0E4049 #350E49

split-complementary

#49170E #0E4935 #0E2249

monochromatic

#1A0805 #1A0805 #49170E #7C2718 #B03722

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.87

#49170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#49170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49170E

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49170E	1.00	14.87	1.41	14.87
#FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25200D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510B15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.079 32.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

$custom: #49170e;
$custom-light: #81564d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.153,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28303,
    "c": 0.0786,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49170E

secondary

#2F7784

accent

#D0EB3D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #49170E

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

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