#491A16#491A16

#491A16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.073 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A16
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 22)
HSL	hsl(5, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 69.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.57, 22.10, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.57, 26.20, 32.49°)
OKLab	oklab(28.92% 0.0647 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(28.92% 0.073 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2622, 2.2136, 1.0144)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A16 #164549

analogous

#49162B #491A16 #493316

triadic

#491A16 #16491A #1A1649

tetradic

#491A16 #2B4916 #164549 #331649

square

#491A16 #2B4916 #164549 #331649

split-complementary

#491A16 #164933 #162B49

monochromatic

#180807 #1A0908 #491A16 #782B24 #A73B32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#491A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#491A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A16

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A16	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511119

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.073 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805853',
    500: '#491a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a16;
$custom-light: #805853;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.706,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28922,
    "c": 0.07287,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A16

secondary

#3A7B80

accent

#D2DD4B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A16

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

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