#491D16#491D16

#491D16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.069 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D16
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 22)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 69.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.24, 20.36, 14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.24, 25.23, 36.23°)
OKLab	oklab(29.43% 0.0593 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(29.43% 0.069 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.3321, 2.3535, 1.0377)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D16 #164249

analogous

#491628 #491D16 #493616

triadic

#491D16 #16491D #1D1649

tetradic

#491D16 #284916 #164249 #361649

square

#491D16 #284916 #164249 #361649

split-complementary

#491D16 #164936 #162849

monochromatic

#180907 #1A0A08 #491D16 #783024 #A74232

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.28

#491D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#491D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D16

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D16	1.00	14.28	1.47	14.28
#FFFFFF	14.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51151B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.069 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a53',
    500: '#491d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d16;
$custom-light: #805a53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.235,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29431,
    "c": 0.06903,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D16

secondary

#3A7780

accent

#C9DD4B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D16

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

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