#480D0B#480D0B

#480D0B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.089 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D0B
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 11)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(2, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.77, 27.51, 16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.77, 32.19, 31.28°)
OKLab	oklab(26.72% 0.0792 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(26.72% 0.089 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.8772, 1.6902, 0.4913)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D0B #0B4648

analogous

#480B28 #480D0B #482C0B

triadic

#480D0B #0B480D #0D0B48

tetradic

#480D0B #28480B #0B4648 #2C0B48

square

#480D0B #28480B #0B4648 #2C0B48

split-complementary

#480D0B #0B482C #0B2848

monochromatic

#1B0504 #1B0504 #480D0B #7D1713 #B2201B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.70

#480D0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480D0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D0B

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D0B	1.00	15.70	1.34	15.70
#FFFFFF	15.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2809

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.089 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514b',
    500: '#480d0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d0b;
$custom-light: #81514b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.967,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26723,
    "c": 0.08902,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D0B

secondary

#2A8184

accent

#EAF038

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D0B

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

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