#491B11#491B11

#491B11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.073 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B11
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 17)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 76.7%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.71, 21.17, 17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.71, 27.45, 39.54°)
OKLab	oklab(29% 0.0607 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(29% 0.073 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.2411, 2.2412, 0.7921)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B11 #113F49

analogous

#491123 #491B11 #493711

triadic

#491B11 #11491B #1B1149

tetradic

#491B11 #234911 #113F49 #371149

square

#491B11 #234911 #113F49 #371149

split-complementary

#491B11 #114937 #112349

monochromatic

#190906 #190906 #491B11 #7B2D1D #AC4028

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.50

#491B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#491B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B11

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B11	1.00	14.50	1.45	14.50
#FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511119

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.073 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80594f',
    500: '#491b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b11;
$custom-light: #80594f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.714,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28997,
    "c": 0.07302,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B11

secondary

#337482

accent

#C8E543

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B11

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

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