#480E0E#480E0E

#480E0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.088 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E0E
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 14)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(0, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 80.6%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.97, 27.24, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.97, 31.37, 29.75°)
OKLab	oklab(26.88% 0.0791 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(26.88% 0.088 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.9091, 1.7239, 0.5950)
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

#480E0E #0E4848

analogous

#480E2B #480E0E #482B0E

triadic

#480E0E #0E480E #0E0E48

tetradic

#480E0E #2B480E #0E4848 #2B0E48

square

#480E0E #2B480E #0E4848 #2B0E48

split-complementary

#480E0E #0E482B #0E2B48

monochromatic

#1A0505 #1A0505 #480E0E #7B1818 #AE2222

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.62

#480E0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480E0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E0E

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E0E	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)

#1F1C0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.088 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80514d',
    500: '#480e0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e0e;
$custom-light: #80514d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26884,
    "c": 0.08751,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E0E

secondary

#2F8383

accent

#EAEA3D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E0E

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

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