#480E09#480E09

#480E09 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.088 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E09
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 9)
HSL	hsl(5, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(5, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.90, 27.00, 17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.90, 32.29, 33.26°)
OKLab	oklab(26.81% 0.0771 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(26.81% 0.088 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.8792, 1.7120, 0.4372)
Luminance	0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E09 #094348

analogous

#480923 #480E09 #482D09

triadic

#480E09 #09480E #0E0948

tetradic

#480E09 #234809 #094348 #2D0948

square

#480E09 #234809 #094348 #2D0948

split-complementary

#480E09 #09482D #092348

monochromatic

#1B0503 #1B0503 #480E09 #7E1910 #B52317

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.64

#480E09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480E09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E09

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E09	1.00	15.64	1.34	15.64
#FFFFFF	15.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2807

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.088 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514a',
    500: '#480e09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e09;
$custom-light: #81514a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.762,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2681,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E09

secondary

#277E85

accent

#E5F434

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E09

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

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