#480B18#480B18

#480B18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.090 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B18
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 24)
HSL	hsl(347, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(347, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 66.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.73, 29.12, 8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.73, 30.45, 17.02°)
OKLab	oklab(26.77% 0.0876 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(26.77% 0.09 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9573, 1.6834, 1.0332)
Luminance	0.0168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B18 #0B483B

analogous

#480B37 #480B18 #481D0B

triadic

#480B18 #18480B #0B1848

tetradic

#480B18 #37480B #0B483B #1D0B48

square

#480B18 #37480B #0B483B #1D0B48

split-complementary

#480B18 #0B481D #0B3748

monochromatic

#1B0409 #1B0409 #480B18 #7D132A #B21B3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.71

#480B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B18

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B18	1.00	15.71	1.34	15.71
#FFFFFF	15.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.090 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805054',
    500: '#480b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b18;
$custom-light: #805054;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.213,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26772,
    "c": 0.09025,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B18

secondary

#2A8471

accent

#F0C938

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B18

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

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