#480D17#480D17

#480D17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.088 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D17
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 23)
HSL	hsl(350, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(350, 82%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 68.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.99, 28.25, 10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.99, 29.96, 19.49°)
OKLab	oklab(26.96% 0.0845 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(26.96% 0.088 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9714, 1.7279, 0.9875)
Luminance	0.0173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D17 #0D483E

analogous

#480D35 #480D17 #48210D

triadic

#480D17 #17480D #0D1748

tetradic

#480D17 #35480D #0D483E #210D48

square

#480D17 #35480D #0D483E #210D48

split-complementary

#480D17 #0D4821 #0D3548

monochromatic

#1A0508 #1A0508 #480D17 #7C1628 #B02038

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.61

#480D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D17

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D17	1.00	15.61	1.35	15.61
#FFFFFF	15.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.088 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805153',
    500: '#480d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d17;
$custom-light: #805153;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.831,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26957,
    "c": 0.08798,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D17

secondary

#2D8375

accent

#ECCE3C

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D17

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

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