#480D1B#480D1B

#480D1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.088 H 11.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D1B
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 27)
HSL	hsl(346, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(346, 82%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 62.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.09, 28.58, 7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.09, 29.47, 14.12°)
OKLab	oklab(27.06% 0.0864 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(27.06% 0.088 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0145, 1.7451, 1.2148)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D1B #0D483A

analogous

#480D39 #480D1B #481D0D

triadic

#480D1B #1B480D #0D1B48

tetradic

#480D1B #39480D #0D483A #1D0D48

square

#480D1B #39480D #0D483A #1D0D48

split-complementary

#480D1B #0D481D #0D3948

monochromatic

#1A050A #1A050A #480D1B #7C162E #B02042

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.57

#480D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480D1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D1B

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D1B	1.00	15.57	1.35	15.57
#FFFFFF	15.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C281A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F0113

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.088 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5156',
    500: '#480d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d1b;
$custom-light: #7f5156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.763,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27063,
    "c": 0.08827,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D1B

secondary

#2D836F

accent

#ECC23C

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E9

border

#CAC3C5

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D1B

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

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