#480B0C#480B0C

#480B0C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.091 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B0C
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 12)
HSL	hsl(359, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(359, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 83.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.50, 28.36, 15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.50, 32.52, 29.29°)
OKLab	oklab(26.52% 0.0822 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(26.52% 0.091 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.8589, 1.6441, 0.5146)
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

#480B0C #0B4847

analogous

#480B2B #480B0C #48290B

triadic

#480B0C #0C480B #0B0C48

tetradic

#480B0C #2B480B #0B4847 #290B48

square

#480B0C #2B480B #0B4847 #290B48

split-complementary

#480B0C #0B4829 #0B2B48

monochromatic

#1B0404 #1B0404 #480B0C #7D1315 #B21B1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.80

#480B0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480B0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B0C

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B0C	1.00	15.80	1.33	15.80
#FFFFFF	15.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1A0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D270A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.091 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81504c',
    500: '#480b0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b0c;
$custom-light: #81504c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.016,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26524,
    "c": 0.09083,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B0C

secondary

#2A8483

accent

#F0ED38

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B0C

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

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