#480C09#480C09

#480C09 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.090 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C09
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 9)
HSL	hsl(3, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(3, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.60, 27.83, 17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.60, 32.78, 31.88°)
OKLab	oklab(26.58% 0.0797 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(26.58% 0.09 28)
XYZ	xyz(2.8536, 1.6608, 0.4287)
Luminance	0.0166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C09 #094548

analogous

#480925 #480C09 #482B09

triadic

#480C09 #09480C #0C0948

tetradic

#480C09 #254809 #094548 #2B0948

square

#480C09 #254809 #094548 #2B0948

split-complementary

#480C09 #09482B #092548

monochromatic

#1B0503 #1B0503 #480C09 #7E1510 #B51E17

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.77

#480C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C09

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C09	1.00	15.77	1.33	15.77
#FFFFFF	15.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2807

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.090 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81504a',
    500: '#480c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c09;
$custom-light: #81504a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26585,
    "c": 0.09033,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.0166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C09

secondary

#278185

accent

#EBF434

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C09

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

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