#491D0F#491D0F

#491D0F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.071 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D0F
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 15)
HSL	hsl(14, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 79.5%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.13, 19.87, 19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.13, 27.57, 43.88°)
OKLab	oklab(29.31% 0.0562 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(29.31% 0.071 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.2736, 2.3301, 0.7292)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D0F #0F3B49

analogous

#490F1E #491D0F #493A0F

triadic

#491D0F #0F491D #1D0F49

tetradic

#491D0F #1E490F #0F3B49 #3A0F49

square

#491D0F #1E490F #0F3B49 #3A0F49

split-complementary

#491D0F #0F493A #0F1E49

monochromatic

#190A05 #190A05 #491D0F #7C3119 #AF4524

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.32

#491D0F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#491D0F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D0F

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D0F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D0F	1.00	14.32	1.47	14.32
#FFFFFF	14.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29240D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51141A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.071 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a4e',
    500: '#491d0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d0f;
$custom-light: #805a4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.483,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29311,
    "c": 0.07144,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D0F

secondary

#306F83

accent

#C0E93F

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D0F

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

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