#480C18#480C18

#480C18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.089 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C18
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 24)
HSL	hsl(348, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(348, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 66.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.87, 28.73, 9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.87, 30.14, 17.58°)
OKLab	oklab(26.88% 0.0863 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(26.88% 0.089 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.9691, 1.7070, 1.0371)
Luminance	0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C18 #0C483C

analogous

#480C36 #480C18 #481E0C

triadic

#480C18 #18480C #0C1848

tetradic

#480C18 #36480C #0C483C #1E0C48

square

#480C18 #36480C #0C483C #1E0C48

split-complementary

#480C18 #0C481E #0C3648

monochromatic

#1A0409 #1A0409 #480C18 #7C1529 #B11D3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.66

#480C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C18

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C18	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)

#1C1B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.089 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805154',
    500: '#480c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c18;
$custom-light: #805154;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26875,
    "c": 0.08915,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C18

secondary

#2C8472

accent

#EECA3A

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C18

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

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