#480A0D#480A0D

#480A0D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.092 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480A0D
RGB	rgb(72, 10, 13)
HSL	hsl(357, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(357, 86%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.1%, 81.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.38, 28.78, 15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.38, 32.59, 27.97°)
OKLab	oklab(26.44% 0.0838 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(26.44% 0.092 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.8540, 1.6243, 0.5439)
Luminance	0.0162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480A0D #0A4845

analogous

#480A2C #480A0D #48260A

triadic

#480A0D #0D480A #0A0D48

tetradic

#480A0D #2C480A #0A4845 #260A48

square

#480A0D #2C480A #0A4845 #260A48

split-complementary

#480A0D #0A4826 #0A2C48

monochromatic

#1B0405 #1B0405 #480A0D #7E1117 #B31920

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.85

#480A0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#480A0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480A0D

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480A0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480A0D	1.00	15.85	1.32	15.85
#FFFFFF	15.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C270B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480a0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 10, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.092 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81504c',
    500: '#480a0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480a0d;
$custom-light: #81504c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480a0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.097,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2644,
    "c": 0.09165,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480A0D

secondary

#298580

accent

#F2E936

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480A0D

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

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