#480E0D#480E0D

#480E0D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.088 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E0D
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 13)
HSL	hsl(1, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 81.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.95, 27.19, 16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.95, 31.57, 30.54°)
OKLab	oklab(26.87% 0.0787 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(26.87% 0.088 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9025, 1.7213, 0.5601)
Luminance	0.0172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E0D #0D4748

analogous

#480D2A #480E0D #482C0D

triadic

#480E0D #0D480E #0E0D48

tetradic

#480E0D #2A480D #0D4748 #2C0D48

square

#480E0D #2A480D #0D4748 #2C0D48

split-complementary

#480E0D #0D482C #0D2A48

monochromatic

#1A0505 #1A0505 #480E0D #7C1816 #B02220

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.62

#480E0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480E0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E0D

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E0D	1.00	15.62	1.34	15.62
#FFFFFF	15.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.088 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81514c',
    500: '#480e0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e0d;
$custom-light: #81514c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.017,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26867,
    "c": 0.08767,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E0D

secondary

#2D8283

accent

#E9EC3C

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E0D

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

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