#480B19#480B19

#480B19 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.090 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B19
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 25)
HSL	hsl(346, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(346, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 65.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.75, 29.20, 8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.75, 30.33, 15.71°)
OKLab	oklab(26.8% 0.088 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(26.8% 0.09 13)
XYZ	xyz(2.9679, 1.6877, 1.0890)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B19 #0B483A

analogous

#480B38 #480B19 #481C0B

triadic

#480B19 #19480B #0B1948

tetradic

#480B19 #38480B #0B483A #1C0B48

square

#480B19 #38480B #0B483A #1C0B48

split-complementary

#480B19 #0B481C #0B3848

monochromatic

#1B0409 #1B0409 #480B19 #7D132B #B21B3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.70

#480B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480B19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B19

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B19	1.00	15.70	1.34	15.70
#FFFFFF	15.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.090 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805055',
    500: '#480b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b19;
$custom-light: #805055;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.23,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26799,
    "c": 0.09033,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.01687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B19

secondary

#2A8470

accent

#F0C638

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B19

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

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