#480D11#480D11

#480D11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.088 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D11
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 17)
HSL	hsl(356, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(356, 82%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 76.4%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.86, 27.83, 13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.86, 31.07, 26.39°)
OKLab	oklab(26.82% 0.0818 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(26.82% 0.088 22)
XYZ	xyz(2.9179, 1.7065, 0.7059)
Luminance	0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D11 #0D4844

analogous

#480D2F #480D11 #48270D

triadic

#480D11 #11480D #0D1148

tetradic

#480D11 #2F480D #0D4844 #270D48

square

#480D11 #2F480D #0D4844 #270D48

split-complementary

#480D11 #0D4827 #0D2F48

monochromatic

#1A0506 #1A0506 #480D11 #7C161D #B02029

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.66

#480D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D11

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D11	1.00	15.66	1.34	15.66
#FFFFFF	15.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.088 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80514f',
    500: '#480d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d11;
$custom-light: #80514f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.932,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26824,
    "c": 0.08822,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.01706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D11

secondary

#2D837E

accent

#ECE03C

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D11

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

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