#480E0A#480E0A

#480E0A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.088 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E0A
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 10)
HSL	hsl(4, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(4, 86%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 86.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.91, 27.04, 17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.91, 32.11, 32.63°)
OKLab	oklab(26.82% 0.0775 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(26.82% 0.088 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.8846, 1.7142, 0.4661)
Luminance	0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E0A #0A4448

analogous

#480A25 #480E0A #482D0A

triadic

#480E0A #0A480E #0E0A48

tetradic

#480E0A #25480A #0A4448 #2D0A48

square

#480E0A #25480A #0A4448 #2D0A48

split-complementary

#480E0A #0A482D #0A2548

monochromatic

#1B0504 #1B0504 #480E0A #7E1811 #B32319

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.64

#480E0A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480E0A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E0A

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E0A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E0A	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)

#1F1B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2808

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e0a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.088 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514b',
    500: '#480e0a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e0a;
$custom-light: #81514b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e0a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.871,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26823,
    "c": 0.08817,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E0A

secondary

#297F85

accent

#E6F236

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E0A

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

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