#480E0C#480E0C

#480E0C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.088 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E0C
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 12)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(2, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 83.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.94, 27.13, 16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.94, 31.75, 31.29°)
OKLab	oklab(26.85% 0.0783 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(26.85% 0.088 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.8962, 1.7188, 0.5270)
Luminance	0.0172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E0C #0C4648

analogous

#480C28 #480E0C #482C0C

triadic

#480E0C #0C480E #0E0C48

tetradic

#480E0C #28480C #0C4648 #2C0C48

square

#480E0C #28480C #0C4648 #2C0C48

split-complementary

#480E0C #0C482C #0C2848

monochromatic

#1A0504 #1A0504 #480E0C #7C1815 #B1221D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.63

#480E0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480E0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E0C

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E0C	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)

#1F1B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.088 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514c',
    500: '#480e0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e0c;
$custom-light: #81514c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26852,
    "c": 0.08783,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E0C

secondary

#2C8184

accent

#E8EE3A

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E0C

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

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