#480B11#480B11

#480B11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.090 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B11
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 17)
HSL	hsl(354, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(354, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 76.4%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.58, 28.63, 13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.58, 31.62, 25.13°)
OKLab	oklab(26.61% 0.0843 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(26.61% 0.09 21)
XYZ	xyz(2.8937, 1.6580, 0.6979)
Luminance	0.0166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B11 #0B4842

analogous

#480B30 #480B11 #48240B

triadic

#480B11 #11480B #0B1148

tetradic

#480B11 #30480B #0B4842 #240B48

square

#480B11 #30480B #0B4842 #240B48

split-complementary

#480B11 #0B4824 #0B3048

monochromatic

#1B0406 #1B0406 #480B11 #7D131E #B21B2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.77

#480B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B11

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B11	1.00	15.77	1.33	15.77
#FFFFFF	15.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C270F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.090 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80504f',
    500: '#480b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b11;
$custom-light: #80504f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.098,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26612,
    "c": 0.0903,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.01658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B11

secondary

#2A847C

accent

#F0DE38

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B11

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →