#480D0C#480D0C

#480D0C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.089 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D0C
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 12)
HSL	hsl(1, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(1, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 83.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.78, 27.56, 16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.78, 32.01, 30.59°)
OKLab	oklab(26.74% 0.0796 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(26.74% 0.089 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.8831, 1.6926, 0.5226)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D0C #0C4748

analogous

#480C29 #480D0C #482B0C

triadic

#480D0C #0C480D #0D0C48

tetradic

#480D0C #29480C #0C4748 #2B0C48

square

#480D0C #29480C #0C4748 #2B0C48

split-complementary

#480D0C #0C482B #0C2948

monochromatic

#1A0504 #1A0504 #480D0C #7C1615 #B1201D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.69

#480D0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480D0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D0C

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D0C	1.00	15.69	1.34	15.69
#FFFFFF	15.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.089 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514c',
    500: '#480d0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d0c;
$custom-light: #81514c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26738,
    "c": 0.08886,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D0C

secondary

#2C8284

accent

#EBEE3A

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D0C

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

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