#480916#480916

#480916 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.092 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480916
RGB	rgb(72, 9, 22)
HSL	hsl(348, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(348, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.5%, 69.4%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.42, 29.70, 9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.42, 31.33, 18.57°)
OKLab	oklab(26.53% 0.089 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(26.53% 0.092 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.9153, 1.6315, 0.9203)
Luminance	0.0163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480916 #09483B

analogous

#480935 #480916 #481B09

triadic

#480916 #164809 #091648

tetradic

#480916 #354809 #09483B #1B0948

square

#480916 #354809 #09483B #1B0948

split-complementary

#480916 #09481B #093548

monochromatic

#1B0308 #1B0308 #480916 #7E1027 #B51737

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.83

#480916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480916

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480916	1.00	15.83	1.33	15.83
#FFFFFF	15.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2714

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 9, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.092 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805052',
    500: '#480916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480916;
$custom-light: #805052;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.619,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26528,
    "c": 0.09223,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480916

secondary

#278572

accent

#F4CD34

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480916

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

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