#491B0E#491B0E

#491B0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.074 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B0E
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 14)
HSL	hsl(13, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(13, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 80.8%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.66, 20.98, 19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.66, 28.34, 42.23°)
OKLab	oklab(28.95% 0.0595 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(28.95% 0.074 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.2192, 2.2325, 0.6768)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B0E #0E3C49

analogous

#490E1F #491B0E #49390E

triadic

#491B0E #0E491B #1B0E49

tetradic

#491B0E #1F490E #0E3C49 #390E49

square

#491B0E #1F490E #0E3C49 #390E49

split-complementary

#491B0E #0E4939 #0E1F49

monochromatic

#1A0905 #1A0905 #491B0E #7C2E18 #B04122

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#491B0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#491B0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B0E

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B0E	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)

#28230C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511118

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.074 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80594d',
    500: '#491b0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b0e;
$custom-light: #80594d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.22,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28951,
    "c": 0.07402,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B0E

secondary

#2F7184

accent

#C4EB3D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B0E

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

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