#491B0D#491B0D

#491B0D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.074 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B0D
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 13)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(14, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 82.2%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.65, 20.93, 19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.65, 28.62, 43.01°)
OKLab	oklab(28.94% 0.0591 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(28.94% 0.074 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2126, 2.2298, 0.6419)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B0D #0D3B49

analogous

#490D1D #491B0D #49390D

triadic

#491B0D #0D491B #1B0D49

tetradic

#491B0D #1D490D #0D3B49 #390D49

square

#491B0D #1D490D #0D3B49 #390D49

split-complementary

#491B0D #0D4939 #0D1D49

monochromatic

#1A0A05 #1A0A05 #491B0D #7D2E16 #B14120

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#491B0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#491B0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B0D

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B0D	1.00	14.52	1.45	14.52
#FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28230B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511118

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.074 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80594d',
    500: '#491b0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b0d;
$custom-light: #80594d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28937,
    "c": 0.07436,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B0D

secondary

#2D7084

accent

#C3ED3B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B0D

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

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