#480B14#480B14

#480B14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.090 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B14
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 20)
HSL	hsl(351, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(351, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 72.2%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.64, 28.82, 11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.64, 31.08, 22.00°)
OKLab	oklab(26.67% 0.0857 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(26.67% 0.09 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9187, 1.6680, 0.8300)
Luminance	0.0167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B14 #0B483F

analogous

#480B33 #480B14 #48210B

triadic

#480B14 #14480B #0B1448

tetradic

#480B14 #33480B #0B483F #210B48

square

#480B14 #33480B #0B483F #210B48

split-complementary

#480B14 #0B4821 #0B3348

monochromatic

#1B0407 #1B0407 #480B14 #7D1323 #B21B31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.75

#480B14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480B14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B14

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B14	1.00	15.75	1.33	15.75
#FFFFFF	15.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2712

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.090 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805051',
    500: '#480b14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b14;
$custom-light: #805051;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.148,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26675,
    "c": 0.09016,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B14

secondary

#2A8477

accent

#F0D538

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B14

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

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