#480D1A#480D1A

#480D1A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.088 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D1A
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 26)
HSL	hsl(347, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(347, 82%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 63.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.06, 28.49, 7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.06, 29.56, 15.48°)
OKLab	oklab(27.03% 0.0859 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(27.03% 0.088 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0032, 1.7406, 1.1549)
Luminance	0.0174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D1A #0D483B

analogous

#480D38 #480D1A #481E0D

triadic

#480D1A #1A480D #0D1A48

tetradic

#480D1A #38480D #0D483B #1E0D48

square

#480D1A #38480D #0D483B #1E0D48

split-complementary

#480D1A #0D481E #0D3848

monochromatic

#1A0509 #1A0509 #480D1A #7C162D #B0203F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.58

#480D1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480D1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D1A

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D1A	1.00	15.58	1.35	15.58
#FFFFFF	15.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500112

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.088 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805156',
    500: '#480d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d1a;
$custom-light: #805156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.78,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27035,
    "c": 0.08815,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D1A

secondary

#2D8370

accent

#ECC53C

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E8

border

#CAC3C4

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D1A

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

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