#491C12#491C12

#491C12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.072 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491C12
RGB	rgb(73, 28, 18)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 75.3%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.95, 20.65, 17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.95, 26.86, 39.75°)
OKLab	oklab(29.18% 0.0593 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(29.18% 0.072 34)
XYZ	xyz(3.2724, 2.2911, 0.8420)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491C12 #123F49

analogous

#491223 #491C12 #493712

triadic

#491C12 #12491C #1C1249

tetradic

#491C12 #234912 #123F49 #371249

square

#491C12 #234912 #123F49 #371249

split-complementary

#491C12 #124937 #122349

monochromatic

#190906 #190906 #491C12 #7A2F1E #AB422A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#491C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#491C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491C12

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491C12	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51131A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 28, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.072 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a50',
    500: '#491c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491c12;
$custom-light: #805a50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29184,
    "c": 0.07152,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.02291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491C12

secondary

#357482

accent

#C7E444

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #491C12

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

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