#480D09#480D09

#480D09 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.089 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D09
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 9)
HSL	hsl(4, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(4, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.74, 27.43, 17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.74, 32.53, 32.55°)
OKLab	oklab(26.7% 0.0785 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(26.7% 0.089 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.8661, 1.6857, 0.4329)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D09 #094448

analogous

#480924 #480D09 #482C09

triadic

#480D09 #09480D #0D0948

tetradic

#480D09 #244809 #094448 #2C0948

square

#480D09 #244809 #094448 #2C0948

split-complementary

#480D09 #09482C #092448

monochromatic

#1B0503 #1B0503 #480D09 #7E1710 #B52117

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.71

#480D09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480D09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D09

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D09	1.00	15.71	1.34	15.71
#FFFFFF	15.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2807

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.089 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514a',
    500: '#480d09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d09;
$custom-light: #81514a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.81,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26695,
    "c": 0.08936,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D09

secondary

#277F85

accent

#E8F434

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D09

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

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