#480B16#480B16

#480B16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.090 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B16
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 22)
HSL	hsl(349, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(349, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 69.4%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.68, 28.97, 10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.68, 30.75, 19.61°)
OKLab	oklab(26.72% 0.0866 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(26.72% 0.09 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9373, 1.6754, 0.9276)
Luminance	0.0168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B16 #0B483D

analogous

#480B35 #480B16 #481F0B

triadic

#480B16 #16480B #0B1648

tetradic

#480B16 #35480B #0B483D #1F0B48

square

#480B16 #35480B #0B483D #1F0B48

split-complementary

#480B16 #0B481F #0B3548

monochromatic

#1B0408 #1B0408 #480B16 #7D1326 #B21B36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.73

#480B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B16

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B16	1.00	15.73	1.34	15.73
#FFFFFF	15.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2814

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.090 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805052',
    500: '#480b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b16;
$custom-light: #805052;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.18,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26722,
    "c": 0.09016,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B16

secondary

#2A8474

accent

#F0CF38

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B16

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

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