#480B0F#480B0F

#480B0F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.090 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B0F
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 15)
HSL	hsl(356, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(356, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 79.2%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.54, 28.51, 14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.54, 31.99, 26.95°)
OKLab	oklab(26.57% 0.0834 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(26.57% 0.09 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.8787, 1.6520, 0.6191)
Luminance	0.0165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B0F #0B4844

analogous

#480B2E #480B0F #48260B

triadic

#480B0F #0F480B #0B0F48

tetradic

#480B0F #2E480B #0B4844 #260B48

square

#480B0F #2E480B #0B4844 #260B48

split-complementary

#480B0F #0B4826 #0B2E48

monochromatic

#1B0406 #1B0406 #480B0F #7D131A #B21B25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.78

#480B0F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480B0F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B0F

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B0F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B0F	1.00	15.78	1.33	15.78
#FFFFFF	15.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1A0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C270D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.090 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81504d',
    500: '#480b0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b0f;
$custom-light: #81504d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.066,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26574,
    "c": 0.09047,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B0F

secondary

#2A847E

accent

#F0E438

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B0F

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

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