#480E0B#480E0B

#480E0B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.088 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E0B
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 11)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(3, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.92, 27.09, 16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.92, 31.94, 31.98°)
OKLab	oklab(26.84% 0.0779 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(26.84% 0.088 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.8903, 1.7164, 0.4957)
Luminance	0.0172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E0B #0B4548

analogous

#480B27 #480E0B #482D0B

triadic

#480E0B #0B480E #0E0B48

tetradic

#480E0B #27480B #0B4548 #2D0B48

square

#480E0B #27480B #0B4548 #2D0B48

split-complementary

#480E0B #0B482D #0B2748

monochromatic

#1B0504 #1B0504 #480E0B #7D1813 #B2231B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.63

#480E0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480E0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E0B

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E0B	1.00	15.63	1.34	15.63
#FFFFFF	15.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2809

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.088 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514b',
    500: '#480e0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e0b;
$custom-light: #81514b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.951,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26837,
    "c": 0.088,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E0B

secondary

#2A8084

accent

#E7F038

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E0B

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

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