#480D12#480D12

#480D12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.088 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D12
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 18)
HSL	hsl(355, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(355, 82%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 75%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.88, 27.89, 13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.88, 30.88, 25.39°)
OKLab	oklab(26.84% 0.0822 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(26.84% 0.088 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9259, 1.7097, 0.7481)
Luminance	0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D12 #0D4843

analogous

#480D30 #480D12 #48260D

triadic

#480D12 #12480D #0D1248

tetradic

#480D12 #30480D #0D4843 #260D48

square

#480D12 #30480D #0D4843 #260D48

split-complementary

#480D12 #0D4826 #0D3048

monochromatic

#1A0506 #1A0506 #480D12 #7C161F #B0202C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.65

#480D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D12

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D12	1.00	15.65	1.34	15.65
#FFFFFF	15.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2810

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.088 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80514f',
    500: '#480d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d12;
$custom-light: #80514f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.915,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26844,
    "c": 0.08813,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D12

secondary

#2D837C

accent

#ECDD3C

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D12

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

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