#491A18#491A18

#491A18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.072 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A18
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 24)
HSL	hsl(2, 51%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 67.1%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.61, 22.26, 12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.61, 25.64, 29.76°)
OKLab	oklab(28.97% 0.0656 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(28.97% 0.072 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.2822, 2.2216, 1.1200)
Luminance	0.0222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A18 #184749

analogous

#49182F #491A18 #493318

triadic

#491A18 #18491A #1A1849

tetradic

#491A18 #2F4918 #184749 #331849

square

#491A18 #2F4918 #184749 #331849

split-complementary

#491A18 #184933 #182F49

monochromatic

#170808 #1B0A09 #491A18 #772A27 #A53B36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.54

#491A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#491A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A18

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A18	1.00	14.54	1.44	14.54
#FFFFFF	14.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50111A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.072 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805854',
    500: '#491a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a18;
$custom-light: #805854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 50.515,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28965,
    "c": 0.07246,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A18

secondary

#3D7D80

accent

#D4DA4E

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A18

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

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