#491F12#491F12

#491F12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.068 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491F12
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 18)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 75.3%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.65, 18.86, 18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.65, 26.09, 43.71°)
OKLab	oklab(29.72% 0.0538 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(29.72% 0.068 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.3471, 2.4405, 0.8670)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491F12 #123C49

analogous

#491220 #491F12 #493A12

triadic

#491F12 #12491F #1F1249

tetradic

#491F12 #204912 #123C49 #3A1249

square

#491F12 #204912 #123C49 #3A1249

split-complementary

#491F12 #12493A #122049

monochromatic

#190A06 #190A06 #491F12 #7A341E #AB492A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.11

#491F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#491F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491F12

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491F12	1.00	14.11	1.49	14.11
#FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51171C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.068 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805c50',
    500: '#491f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491f12;
$custom-light: #805c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.182,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29717,
    "c": 0.06808,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491F12

secondary

#357082

accent

#BEE444

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #491F12

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

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