#480B1A#480B1A

#480B1A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.090 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480B1A
RGB	rgb(72, 11, 26)
HSL	hsl(345, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(345, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 63.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.78, 29.28, 7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.78, 30.23, 14.38°)
OKLab	oklab(26.83% 0.0885 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(26.83% 0.09 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.9789, 1.6921, 1.1468)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480B1A #0B4839

analogous

#480B39 #480B1A #481B0B

triadic

#480B1A #1A480B #0B1A48

tetradic

#480B1A #39480B #0B4839 #1B0B48

square

#480B1A #39480B #0B4839 #1B0B48

split-complementary

#480B1A #0B481B #0B3948

monochromatic

#1B040A #1B040A #480B1A #7D132D #B21B40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.69

#480B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480B1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480B1A

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480B1A	1.00	15.69	1.34	15.69
#FFFFFF	15.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 11, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.090 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805156',
    500: '#480b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480b1a;
$custom-light: #805156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.246,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26826,
    "c": 0.09044,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480B1A

secondary

#2A846E

accent

#F0C338

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E8

border

#CAC3C4

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480B1A

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

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