#480C0B#480C0B

#480C0B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.090 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C0B
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 11)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(1, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.62, 27.92, 16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.62, 32.44, 30.61°)
OKLab	oklab(26.61% 0.0805 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(26.61% 0.09 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.8647, 1.6653, 0.4871)
Luminance	0.0167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C0B #0B4748

analogous

#480B29 #480C0B #482B0B

triadic

#480C0B #0B480C #0C0B48

tetradic

#480C0B #29480B #0B4748 #2B0B48

square

#480C0B #29480B #0B4748 #2B0B48

split-complementary

#480C0B #0B482B #0B2948

monochromatic

#1B0404 #1B0404 #480C0B #7D1513 #B21E1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.75

#480C0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480C0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C0B

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C0B	1.00	15.75	1.33	15.75
#FFFFFF	15.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2809

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.090 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514b',
    500: '#480c0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c0b;
$custom-light: #81514b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.984,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26613,
    "c": 0.09001,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C0B

secondary

#2A8384

accent

#EDF038

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C0B

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

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