#491B13#491B13

#491B13 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.072 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B13
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 19)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 74%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.74, 21.30, 16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.74, 26.82, 37.41°)
OKLab	oklab(29.03% 0.0616 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(29.03% 0.072 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.2574, 2.2478, 0.8783)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B13 #134149

analogous

#491326 #491B13 #493613

triadic

#491B13 #13491B #1B1349

tetradic

#491B13 #264913 #134149 #361349

square

#491B13 #264913 #134149 #361349

split-complementary

#491B13 #134936 #132649

monochromatic

#180906 #180906 #491B13 #7A2D20 #AA3F2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.49

#491B13 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#491B13 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B13

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B13	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B13	1.00	14.49	1.45	14.49
#FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511219

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b13;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.072 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805950',
    500: '#491b13',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b13;
$custom-light: #805950;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b13",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 58.696,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29031,
    "c": 0.07241,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B13

secondary

#367682

accent

#CBE246

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B13

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

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