#492D2C#492D2C

#492D2C is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.042 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#492D2C
RGB	rgb(73, 45, 44)
HSL	hsl(2, 25%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(2, 40%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 39.7%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.86, 12.77, 5.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.86, 14.10, 25.13°)
OKLab	oklab(33.12% 0.0387 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(33.12% 0.042 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.1408, 3.4754, 2.8351)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#492D2C #2C4849

analogous

#492C39 #492D2C #493B2C

triadic

#492D2C #2C492D #2D2C49

tetradic

#492D2C #39492C #2C4849 #3B2C49

square

#492D2C #39492C #2C4849 #3B2C49

split-complementary

#492D2C #2C493B #2C3949

monochromatic

#130C0C #231515 #492D2C #6F4543 #955C5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#492D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#492D2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #492D2C

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##492D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##492D2C	1.00	12.39	1.70	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33312C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39362C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #492d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 45, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.042 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6665',
    500: '#492d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #492d2c;
$custom-light: #7d6665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#492d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.069,
    "s": 24.786,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3312,
    "c": 0.0417,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#492D2C

secondary

#56797B

accent

#BEC167

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EEEBEB

border

#C9C6C6

text

#0A0605

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #492D2C

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

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