#480B0B#480B0B

#480B0B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.091 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B0B
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 11)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(0, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.48, 28.31, 16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.48, 32.69, 29.98°)
OKLab	oklab(26.51% 0.0818 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(26.51% 0.091 26)
XYZ	xyz(2.8529, 1.6417, 0.4832)
Luminance	0.0164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B0B #0B4848

analogous

#480B2A #480B0B #482A0B

triadic

#480B0B #0B480B #0B0B48

tetradic

#480B0B #2A480B #0B4848 #2A0B48

square

#480B0B #2A480B #0B4848 #2A0B48

split-complementary

#480B0B #0B482A #0B2A48

monochromatic

#1B0404 #1B0404 #480B0B #7D1313 #B21B1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.81

#480B0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480B0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B0B

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B0B	1.00	15.81	1.33	15.81
#FFFFFF	15.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1A0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2709

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.091 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81504b',
    500: '#480b0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b0b;
$custom-light: #81504b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26509,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.01641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B0B

secondary

#2A8484

accent

#F0F038

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B0B

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

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