#480B17#480B17

#480B17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.090 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B17
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 23)
HSL	hsl(348, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(348, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 68.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.71, 29.04, 9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.71, 30.59, 18.34°)
OKLab	oklab(26.75% 0.0871 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(26.75% 0.09 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9471, 1.6794, 0.9794)
Luminance	0.0168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B17 #0B483C

analogous

#480B36 #480B17 #481E0B

triadic

#480B17 #17480B #0B1748

tetradic

#480B17 #36480B #0B483C #1E0B48

square

#480B17 #36480B #0B483C #1E0B48

split-complementary

#480B17 #0B481E #0B3648

monochromatic

#1B0408 #1B0408 #480B17 #7D1328 #B21B39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.72

#480B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B17

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B17	1.00	15.72	1.34	15.72
#FFFFFF	15.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.090 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805053',
    500: '#480b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b17;
$custom-light: #805053;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.197,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26747,
    "c": 0.09019,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B17

secondary

#2A8473

accent

#F0CC38

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B17

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

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