#480C12#480C12

#480C12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.089 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C12
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 18)
HSL	hsl(354, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(354, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 75%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.74, 28.30, 13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.74, 31.16, 24.75°)
OKLab	oklab(26.74% 0.0835 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(26.74% 0.089 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9135, 1.6848, 0.7439)
Luminance	0.0168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C12 #0C4842

analogous

#480C30 #480C12 #48240C

triadic

#480C12 #12480C #0C1248

tetradic

#480C12 #30480C #0C4842 #240C48

square

#480C12 #30480C #0C4842 #240C48

split-complementary

#480C12 #0C4824 #0C3048

monochromatic

#1A0407 #1A0407 #480C12 #7C151F #B11D2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.71

#480C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C12

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C12	1.00	15.71	1.34	15.71
#FFFFFF	15.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2810

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.089 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80514f',
    500: '#480c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c12;
$custom-light: #80514f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26736,
    "c": 0.0892,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C12

secondary

#2C847B

accent

#EEDC3A

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C12

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

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