#480D15#480D15

#480D15 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.088 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D15
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 21)
HSL	hsl(352, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(352, 82%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 70.8%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.94, 28.10, 11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.94, 30.31, 22.03°)
OKLab	oklab(26.91% 0.0836 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(26.91% 0.088 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9521, 1.7201, 0.8859)
Luminance	0.0172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D15 #0D4840

analogous

#480D33 #480D15 #48230D

triadic

#480D15 #15480D #0D1548

tetradic

#480D15 #33480D #0D4840 #230D48

square

#480D15 #33480D #0D4840 #230D48

split-complementary

#480D15 #0D4823 #0D3348

monochromatic

#1A0508 #1A0508 #480D15 #7C1624 #B02033

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.62

#480D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D15

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D15	1.00	15.62	1.34	15.62
#FFFFFF	15.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2813

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.088 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805152',
    500: '#480d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d15;
$custom-light: #805152;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.864,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26909,
    "c": 0.08798,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D15

secondary

#2D8378

accent

#ECD43C

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D15

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

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