#480A0A#480A0A

#480A0A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.092 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480A0A
RGB	rgb(72, 10, 10)
HSL	hsl(0, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(0, 86%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.1%, 86.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.33, 28.64, 16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.33, 33.08, 30.03°)
OKLab	oklab(26.4% 0.0826 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(26.4% 0.092 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.8362, 1.6172, 0.4499)
Luminance	0.0162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480A0A #0A4848

analogous

#480A29 #480A0A #48290A

triadic

#480A0A #0A480A #0A0A48

tetradic

#480A0A #29480A #0A4848 #290A48

square

#480A0A #29480A #0A4848 #290A48

split-complementary

#480A0A #0A4829 #0A2948

monochromatic

#1B0404 #1B0404 #480A0A #7E1111 #B31919

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.87

#480A0A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#480A0A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480A0A

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480A0A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480A0A	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)

#1D1A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2708

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480a0a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 10, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.092 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81504b',
    500: '#480a0a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480a0a;
$custom-light: #81504b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480a0a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26395,
    "c": 0.09204,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480A0A

secondary

#298585

accent

#F2F236

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480A0A

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

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