#480D18#480D18

#480D18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.088 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D18
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 24)
HSL	hsl(349, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(349, 82%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 66.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.01, 28.33, 9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.01, 29.81, 18.16°)
OKLab	oklab(26.98% 0.085 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(26.98% 0.088 15)
XYZ	xyz(2.9816, 1.7319, 1.0413)
Luminance	0.0173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D18 #0D483D

analogous

#480D36 #480D18 #48200D

triadic

#480D18 #18480D #0D1848

tetradic

#480D18 #36480D #0D483D #200D48

square

#480D18 #36480D #0D483D #200D48

split-complementary

#480D18 #0D4820 #0D3648

monochromatic

#1A0509 #1A0509 #480D18 #7C1629 #B0203B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.60

#480D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D18

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D18	1.00	15.60	1.35	15.60
#FFFFFF	15.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.088 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805154',
    500: '#480d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d18;
$custom-light: #805154;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.814,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26982,
    "c": 0.08802,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.01732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D18

secondary

#2D8373

accent

#ECCB3C

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D18

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

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