#480C1A#480C1A

#480C1A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.089 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480C1A
RGB	rgb(72, 12, 26)
HSL	hsl(346, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(346, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 63.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.92, 28.89, 7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.92, 29.90, 14.91°)
OKLab	oklab(26.93% 0.0872 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(26.93% 0.089 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.9907, 1.7157, 1.1508)
Luminance	0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480C1A #0C483A

analogous

#480C38 #480C1A #481C0C

triadic

#480C1A #1A480C #0C1A48

tetradic

#480C1A #38480C #0C483A #1C0C48

square

#480C1A #38480C #0C483A #1C0C48

split-complementary

#480C1A #0C481C #0C3848

monochromatic

#1A0409 #1A0409 #480C1A #7C152D #B11D40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.64

#480C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480C1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480C1A

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480C1A	1.00	15.64	1.34	15.64
#FFFFFF	15.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 12, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.089 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805156',
    500: '#480c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480c1a;
$custom-light: #805156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26928,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480C1A

secondary

#2C846F

accent

#EEC43A

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E8

border

#CAC3C4

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480C1A

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

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