#480909#480909

#480909 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.3% C 0.093 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480909
RGB	rgb(72, 9, 9)
HSL	hsl(0, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(0, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.5%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.19, 28.97, 16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.19, 33.47, 30.07°)
OKLab	oklab(26.28% 0.0833 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(26.28% 0.093 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.8198, 1.5933, 0.4174)
Luminance	0.0159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480909 #094848

analogous

#480928 #480909 #482809

triadic

#480909 #094809 #090948

tetradic

#480909 #284809 #094848 #280948

square

#480909 #284809 #094848 #280948

split-complementary

#480909 #094828 #092848

monochromatic

#1B0303 #1B0303 #480909 #7E1010 #B51717

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.93

#480909 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#480909 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480909

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480909	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480909	1.00	15.93	1.32	15.93
#FFFFFF	15.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1908

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2707

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480909;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 9, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.3% 0.093 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#814f4a',
    500: '#480909',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480909;
$custom-light: #814f4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480909",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26283,
    "c": 0.09309,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480909

secondary

#278585

accent

#F4F434

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480909

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

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