#491B15#491B15

#491B15 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.072 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491B15
RGB	rgb(73, 27, 21)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 71.2%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.77, 21.45, 15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.77, 26.18, 34.99°)
OKLab	oklab(29.07% 0.0625 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(29.07% 0.072 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.2752, 2.2549, 0.9721)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491B15 #154349

analogous

#491529 #491B15 #493515

triadic

#491B15 #15491B #1B1549

tetradic

#491B15 #294915 #154349 #351549

square

#491B15 #294915 #154349 #351549

split-complementary

#491B15 #154935 #152949

monochromatic

#180907 #190907 #491B15 #792D23 #A83E30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.47

#491B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#491B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491B15

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491B15	1.00	14.47	1.45	14.47
#FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51121A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 27, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.072 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805952',
    500: '#491b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491b15;
$custom-light: #805952;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 55.319,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29068,
    "c": 0.07183,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491B15

secondary

#397981

accent

#CDDF49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #491B15

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

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