#480A09#480A09

#480A09 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.092 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480A09
RGB	rgb(72, 10, 9)
HSL	hsl(1, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(1, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.1%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.32, 28.60, 16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.32, 33.24, 30.65°)
OKLab	oklab(26.38% 0.0822 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(26.38% 0.092 27)
XYZ	xyz(2.8307, 1.6150, 0.4211)
Luminance	0.0162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480A09 #094748

analogous

#480927 #480A09 #482909

triadic

#480A09 #09480A #0A0948

tetradic

#480A09 #274809 #094748 #290948

square

#480A09 #274809 #094748 #290948

split-complementary

#480A09 #094829 #092748

monochromatic

#1B0403 #1B0403 #480A09 #7E1210 #B51917

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.87

#480A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#480A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480A09

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480A09	1.00	15.87	1.32	15.87
#FFFFFF	15.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2707

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 10, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.092 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81504a',
    500: '#480a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480a09;
$custom-light: #81504a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.952,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26381,
    "c": 0.09219,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.01615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480A09

secondary

#278485

accent

#F1F434

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E7E7

border

#CBC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480A09

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

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