#480B10#480B10

#480B10 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.090 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B10
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 16)
HSL	hsl(355, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(355, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 77.8%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.56, 28.57, 13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.56, 31.80, 26.06°)
OKLab	oklab(26.59% 0.0839 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(26.59% 0.09 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.8860, 1.6549, 0.6576)
Luminance	0.0165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B10 #0B4843

analogous

#480B2F #480B10 #48250B

triadic

#480B10 #10480B #0B1048

tetradic

#480B10 #2F480B #0B4843 #250B48

square

#480B10 #2F480B #0B4843 #250B48

split-complementary

#480B10 #0B4825 #0B2F48

monochromatic

#1B0406 #1B0406 #480B10 #7D131C #B21B28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.78

#480B10 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480B10 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B10

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B10	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B10	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)

#1D1A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C270E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b10;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.090 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81504e',
    500: '#480b10',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b10;
$custom-light: #81504e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b10",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.082,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26593,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B10

secondary

#2A847D

accent

#F0E138

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B10

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →