#480D19#480D19

#480D19 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.088 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D19
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 25)
HSL	hsl(348, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(348, 82%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 65.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.04, 28.41, 8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.04, 29.68, 16.83°)
OKLab	oklab(27.01% 0.0855 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(27.01% 0.088 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.9922, 1.7362, 1.0971)
Luminance	0.0174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D19 #0D483C

analogous

#480D37 #480D19 #481F0D

triadic

#480D19 #19480D #0D1948

tetradic

#480D19 #37480D #0D483C #1F0D48

square

#480D19 #37480D #0D483C #1F0D48

split-complementary

#480D19 #0D481F #0D3748

monochromatic

#1A0509 #1A0509 #480D19 #7C162B #B0203D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.59

#480D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480D19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D19

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D19	1.00	15.59	1.35	15.59
#FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.088 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805155',
    500: '#480d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d19;
$custom-light: #805155;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.797,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27008,
    "c": 0.08808,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D19

secondary

#2D8372

accent

#ECC83C

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D19

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

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