#491A0B#491A0B

#491A0B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.076 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A0B
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 11)
HSL	hsl(15, 74%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(15, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 84.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.40, 21.40, 20.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.40, 29.38, 43.24°)
OKLab	oklab(28.74% 0.0601 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(28.74% 0.076 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.1778, 2.1798, 0.5700)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A0B #0B3A49

analogous

#490B1B #491A0B #49390B

triadic

#491A0B #0B491A #1A0B49

tetradic

#491A0B #1B490B #0B3A49 #390B49

square

#491A0B #1B490B #0B3A49 #390B49

split-complementary

#491A0B #0B4939 #0B1B49

monochromatic

#1B0904 #1B0904 #491A0B #7E2D13 #B3401B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.63

#491A0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#491A0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A0B

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A0B	1.00	14.63	1.44	14.63
#FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#510F17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.076 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81584b',
    500: '#491a0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a0b;
$custom-light: #81584b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.516,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28743,
    "c": 0.07611,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A0B

secondary

#2A6F85

accent

#C4F037

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A0B

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

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