#480C19#480C19

#480C19 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.089 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C19
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 25)
HSL	hsl(347, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(347, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 65.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.89, 28.81, 8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.89, 30.01, 16.25°)
OKLab	oklab(26.9% 0.0868 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(26.9% 0.089 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.9797, 1.7113, 1.0929)
Luminance	0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C19 #0C483B

analogous

#480C37 #480C19 #481D0C

triadic

#480C19 #19480C #0C1948

tetradic

#480C19 #37480C #0C483B #1D0C48

square

#480C19 #37480C #0C483B #1D0C48

split-complementary

#480C19 #0C481D #0C3748

monochromatic

#1A0409 #1A0409 #480C19 #7C152B #B11D3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.65

#480C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C19

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C19	1.00	15.65	1.34	15.65
#FFFFFF	15.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.089 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805155',
    500: '#480c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c19;
$custom-light: #805155;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26901,
    "c": 0.08922,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C19

secondary

#2C8471

accent

#EEC73A

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C19

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

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