#480B0E#480B0E

#480B0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.091 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B0E
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 14)
HSL	hsl(357, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(357, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 80.6%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.53, 28.46, 14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.53, 32.17, 27.78°)
OKLab	oklab(26.56% 0.083 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(26.56% 0.091 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.8718, 1.6492, 0.5825)
Luminance	0.0165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B0E #0B4845

analogous

#480B2D #480B0E #48270B

triadic

#480B0E #0E480B #0B0E48

tetradic

#480B0E #2D480B #0B4845 #270B48

square

#480B0E #2D480B #0B4845 #270B48

split-complementary

#480B0E #0B4827 #0B2D48

monochromatic

#1B0405 #1B0405 #480B0E #7D1318 #B21B23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.79

#480B0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480B0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B0E

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B0E	1.00	15.79	1.33	15.79
#FFFFFF	15.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C270C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.091 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81504d',
    500: '#480b0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b0e;
$custom-light: #81504d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.049,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26557,
    "c": 0.09058,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B0E

secondary

#2A8480

accent

#F0E738

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B0E

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

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