#480C16#480C16

#480C16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.089 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C16
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 22)
HSL	hsl(350, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(350, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 69.4%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.82, 28.58, 10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.82, 30.45, 20.18°)
OKLab	oklab(26.83% 0.0854 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(26.83% 0.089 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9491, 1.6990, 0.9316)
Luminance	0.0170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C16 #0C483E

analogous

#480C34 #480C16 #48200C

triadic

#480C16 #16480C #0C1648

tetradic

#480C16 #34480C #0C483E #200C48

square

#480C16 #34480C #0C483E #200C48

split-complementary

#480C16 #0C4820 #0C3448

monochromatic

#1A0408 #1A0408 #480C16 #7C1526 #B11D36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.67

#480C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C16

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C16	1.00	15.67	1.34	15.67
#FFFFFF	15.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2814

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.089 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805152',
    500: '#480c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c16;
$custom-light: #805152;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26825,
    "c": 0.08908,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C16

secondary

#2C8475

accent

#EED03A

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C16

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

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