#480915#480915

#480915 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.092 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480915
RGB	rgb(72, 9, 21)
HSL	hsl(349, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(349, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.5%, 70.8%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.40, 29.63, 10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.40, 31.48, 19.77°)
OKLab	oklab(26.5% 0.0885 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(26.5% 0.092 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.9058, 1.6277, 0.8705)
Luminance	0.0163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480915 #09483C

analogous

#480934 #480915 #481C09

triadic

#480915 #154809 #091548

tetradic

#480915 #344809 #09483C #1C0948

square

#480915 #344809 #09483C #1C0948

split-complementary

#480915 #09481C #093448

monochromatic

#1B0308 #1B0308 #480915 #7E1025 #B51735

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.84

#480915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480915 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480915

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480915	1.00	15.84	1.33	15.84
#FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2713

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 9, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.092 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805052',
    500: '#480915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480915;
$custom-light: #805052;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.571,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26504,
    "c": 0.09219,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480915

secondary

#278574

accent

#F4D034

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480915

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

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