#480A0B#480A0B

#480A0B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.092 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480A0B
RGB	rgb(72, 10, 11)
HSL	hsl(359, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(359, 86%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.1%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.35, 28.69, 16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.35, 32.92, 29.39°)
OKLab	oklab(26.41% 0.0829 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(26.41% 0.092 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.8418, 1.6194, 0.4795)
Luminance	0.0162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480A0B #0A4847

analogous

#480A2A #480A0B #48280A

triadic

#480A0B #0B480A #0A0B48

tetradic

#480A0B #2A480A #0A4847 #280A48

square

#480A0B #2A480A #0A4847 #280A48

split-complementary

#480A0B #0A4828 #0A2A48

monochromatic

#1B0404 #1B0404 #480A0B #7E1113 #B3191B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.86

#480A0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#480A0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480A0B

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480A0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480A0B	1.00	15.86	1.32	15.86
#FFFFFF	15.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1A0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2709

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480a0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 10, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.092 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81504b',
    500: '#480a0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480a0b;
$custom-light: #81504b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480a0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.032,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26409,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480A0B

secondary

#298583

accent

#F2EF36

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480A0B

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

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