#491D14#491D14

#491D14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.070 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D14
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 20)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 72.6%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.21, 20.20, 16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.21, 25.91, 38.77°)
OKLab	oklab(29.39% 0.0584 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(29.39% 0.07 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.3136, 2.3461, 0.9400)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D14 #144049

analogous

#491425 #491D14 #493714

triadic

#491D14 #14491D #1D1449

tetradic

#491D14 #254914 #144049 #371449

square

#491D14 #254914 #144049 #371449

split-complementary

#491D14 #144937 #142549

monochromatic

#180A07 #190A07 #491D14 #793021 #A9432E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#491D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#491D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D14

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D14	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51151B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.070 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a51',
    500: '#491d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d14;
$custom-light: #805a51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.189,
    "s": 56.989,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29393,
    "c": 0.06966,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D14

secondary

#387581

accent

#C6E048

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D14

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

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