#492424

A dark, moderate red closely aligning with Black.

About #492424

When working with digital screens, the color #492424 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Black. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 73, 36, and 36.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 51% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 0.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a dark color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#492424
RGB73, 36, 36
HSL0.0°, 33.9%, 21.4%
CMYK0%, 51%, 51%, 71%
HSV0.0°, 50.7%, 28.6%
LAB19.2, 17.5, 7.9
XYZ3.7, 2.8, 2.0
Decimal4793380

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

13.45:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.56:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
12.86:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.33:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #492424; }
.text-color { color: #492424; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #492424; }

Similar Colors

Black
#000000