#480C15#480C15

#480C15 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.089 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C15
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 21)
HSL	hsl(351, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(351, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 70.8%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.80, 28.50, 11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.80, 30.62, 21.42°)
OKLab	oklab(26.8% 0.0849 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(26.8% 0.089 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9396, 1.6952, 0.8817)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C15 #0C483F

analogous

#480C33 #480C15 #48210C

triadic

#480C15 #15480C #0C1548

tetradic

#480C15 #33480C #0C483F #210C48

square

#480C15 #33480C #0C483F #210C48

split-complementary

#480C15 #0C4821 #0C3348

monochromatic

#1A0408 #1A0408 #480C15 #7C1524 #B11D34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.68

#480C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480C15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C15

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C15	1.00	15.68	1.34	15.68
#FFFFFF	15.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2813

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.089 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805152',
    500: '#480c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c15;
$custom-light: #805152;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26801,
    "c": 0.08908,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C15

secondary

#2C8477

accent

#EED33A

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C15

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

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