#491E15#491E15

#491E15 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.068 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E15
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 21)
HSL	hsl(10, 55%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 71.2%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.46, 19.68, 15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.46, 25.27, 38.86°)
OKLab	oklab(29.59% 0.057 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(29.59% 0.068 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.3476, 2.3996, 0.9962)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E15 #154049

analogous

#491526 #491E15 #493815

triadic

#491E15 #15491E #1E1549

tetradic

#491E15 #264915 #154049 #381549

square

#491E15 #264915 #154049 #381549

split-complementary

#491E15 #154938 #152649

monochromatic

#180A07 #190A07 #491E15 #793223 #A84530

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#491E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#491E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E15

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E15	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51161C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.068 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b52',
    500: '#491e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e15;
$custom-light: #805b52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.385,
    "s": 55.319,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29589,
    "c": 0.06812,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E15

secondary

#397481

accent

#C5DF49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E15

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

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