#480917#480917

#480917 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.092 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480917
RGB	rgb(72, 9, 23)
HSL	hsl(347, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(347, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.5%, 68.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.44, 29.77, 9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.44, 31.19, 17.30°)
OKLab	oklab(26.55% 0.0895 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(26.55% 0.092 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.9251, 1.6354, 0.9721)
Luminance	0.0163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480917 #09483A

analogous

#480936 #480917 #481A09

triadic

#480917 #174809 #091748

tetradic

#480917 #364809 #09483A #1A0948

square

#480917 #364809 #09483A #1A0948

split-complementary

#480917 #09481A #093648

monochromatic

#1B0309 #1B0309 #480917 #7E1028 #B5173A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.83

#480917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480917

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480917	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)

#1B1A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2715

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 9, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.092 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805053',
    500: '#480917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480917;
$custom-light: #805053;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26553,
    "c": 0.09228,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480917

secondary

#278571

accent

#F4C934

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480917

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

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