#491B0C#491B0C

#491B0C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.075 H 38.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B0C
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 12)
HSL	hsl(15, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(15, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 83.6%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.64, 20.88, 19.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.64, 28.90, 43.74°)
OKLab	oklab(28.92% 0.0587 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(28.92% 0.075 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2063, 2.2273, 0.6088)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B0C #0C3A49

analogous

#490C1C #491B0C #493A0C

triadic

#491B0C #0C491B #1B0C49

tetradic

#491B0C #1C490C #0C3A49 #3A0C49

square

#491B0C #1C490C #0C3A49 #3A0C49

split-complementary

#491B0C #0C493A #0C1C49

monochromatic

#1A0A04 #1A0A04 #491B0C #7E2E15 #B2421D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.53

#491B0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#491B0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B0C

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B0C	1.00	14.53	1.45	14.53
#FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28230A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511118

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.075 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81594c',
    500: '#491b0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b0c;
$custom-light: #81594c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.754,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28924,
    "c": 0.07469,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B0C

secondary

#2C6F85

accent

#C2EE39

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B0C

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

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