#480A0E#480A0E

#480A0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.092 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480A0E
RGB	rgb(72, 10, 14)
HSL	hsl(356, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(356, 86%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.1%, 80.6%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.39, 28.83, 14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.39, 32.41, 27.19°)
OKLab	oklab(26.46% 0.0842 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(26.46% 0.092 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.8606, 1.6270, 0.5788)
Luminance	0.0163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480A0E #0A4844

analogous

#480A2D #480A0E #48250A

triadic

#480A0E #0E480A #0A0E48

tetradic

#480A0E #2D480A #0A4844 #250A48

square

#480A0E #2D480A #0A4844 #250A48

split-complementary

#480A0E #0A4825 #0A2D48

monochromatic

#1B0405 #1B0405 #480A0E #7E1118 #B31923

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.84

#480A0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480A0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480A0E

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480A0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480A0E	1.00	15.84	1.33	15.84
#FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C270C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480a0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 10, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.092 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81504d',
    500: '#480a0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480a0e;
$custom-light: #81504d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480a0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.129,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26457,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480A0E

secondary

#29857F

accent

#F2E636

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480A0E

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

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