#480C0E#480C0E

#480C0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.090 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C0E
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 14)
HSL	hsl(358, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(358, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 80.6%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.67, 28.07, 15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.67, 31.91, 28.40°)
OKLab	oklab(26.66% 0.0818 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(26.66% 0.09 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.8836, 1.6728, 0.5864)
Luminance	0.0167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C0E #0C4846

analogous

#480C2C #480C0E #48280C

triadic

#480C0E #0E480C #0C0E48

tetradic

#480C0E #2C480C #0C4846 #280C48

square

#480C0E #2C480C #0C4846 #280C48

split-complementary

#480C0E #0C4828 #0C2C48

monochromatic

#1A0405 #1A0405 #480C0E #7C1518 #B11D22

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.74

#480C0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#480C0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C0E

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C0E	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)

#1E1B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.090 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514d',
    500: '#480c0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c0e;
$custom-light: #81514d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26661,
    "c": 0.08959,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C0E

secondary

#2C8481

accent

#EEE83A

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C0E

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

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