#480C17#480C17

#480C17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.089 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C17
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 23)
HSL	hsl(349, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(349, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 68.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.84, 28.65, 9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.84, 30.28, 18.90°)
OKLab	oklab(26.85% 0.0858 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(26.85% 0.089 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9589, 1.7030, 0.9833)
Luminance	0.0170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C17 #0C483D

analogous

#480C35 #480C17 #481F0C

triadic

#480C17 #17480C #0C1748

tetradic

#480C17 #35480C #0C483D #1F0C48

square

#480C17 #35480C #0C483D #1F0C48

split-complementary

#480C17 #0C481F #0C3548

monochromatic

#1A0408 #1A0408 #480C17 #7C1528 #B11D39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.66

#480C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C17

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C17	1.00	15.66	1.34	15.66
#FFFFFF	15.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.089 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805153',
    500: '#480c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c17;
$custom-light: #805153;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26849,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C17

secondary

#2C8474

accent

#EECD3A

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C17

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

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