#480C0D#480C0D

#480C0D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.090 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C0D
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 13)
HSL	hsl(359, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(359, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 81.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.65, 28.01, 15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.65, 32.09, 29.19°)
OKLab	oklab(26.64% 0.0813 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(26.64% 0.09 25)
XYZ	xyz(2.8769, 1.6702, 0.5516)
Luminance	0.0167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C0D #0C4847

analogous

#480C2B #480C0D #48290C

triadic

#480C0D #0D480C #0C0D48

tetradic

#480C0D #2B480C #0C4847 #290C48

square

#480C0D #2B480C #0C4847 #290C48

split-complementary

#480C0D #0C4829 #0C2B48

monochromatic

#1A0405 #1A0405 #480C0D #7C1516 #B11D20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.74

#480C0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480C0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C0D

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C0D	1.00	15.74	1.33	15.74
#FFFFFF	15.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1B0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.090 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514c',
    500: '#480c0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c0d;
$custom-light: #81514c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26644,
    "c": 0.08972,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.0167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C0D

secondary

#2C8482

accent

#EEEB3A

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C0D

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

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