#480B09#480B09

#480B09 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.091 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B09
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 9)
HSL	hsl(2, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(2, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.46, 28.23, 17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.46, 33.01, 31.24°)
OKLab	oklab(26.48% 0.081 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(26.48% 0.091 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.8418, 1.6372, 0.4248)
Luminance	0.0164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B09 #094648

analogous

#480926 #480B09 #482A09

triadic

#480B09 #09480B #0B0948

tetradic

#480B09 #264809 #094648 #2A0948

square

#480B09 #264809 #094648 #2A0948

split-complementary

#480B09 #09482A #092648

monochromatic

#1B0403 #1B0403 #480B09 #7E1310 #B51C17

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.82

#480B09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480B09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B09

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B09	1.00	15.82	1.33	15.82
#FFFFFF	15.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2707

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.091 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81504a',
    500: '#480b09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b09;
$custom-light: #81504a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.905,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2648,
    "c": 0.09127,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B09

secondary

#278285

accent

#EEF434

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B09

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

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