#480D0D#480D0D

#480D0D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.089 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D0D
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 13)
HSL	hsl(0, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(0, 82%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 81.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.80, 27.61, 15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.80, 31.83, 29.85°)
OKLab	oklab(26.75% 0.08 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(26.75% 0.089 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.8894, 1.6951, 0.5557)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D0D #0D4848

analogous

#480D2B #480D0D #482B0D

triadic

#480D0D #0D480D #0D0D48

tetradic

#480D0D #2B480D #0D4848 #2B0D48

square

#480D0D #2B480D #0D4848 #2B0D48

split-complementary

#480D0D #0D482B #0D2B48

monochromatic

#1A0505 #1A0505 #480D0D #7C1616 #B02020

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.68

#480D0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480D0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D0D

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D0D	1.00	15.68	1.34	15.68
#FFFFFF	15.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1B0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.089 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514c',
    500: '#480d0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d0d;
$custom-light: #81514c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26753,
    "c": 0.08871,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D0D

secondary

#2D8383

accent

#ECEC3C

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D0D

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

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