#480E11#480E11

#480E11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.087 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E11
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 17)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(357, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 76.4%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.02, 27.41, 14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.02, 30.78, 27.07°)
OKLab	oklab(26.94% 0.0804 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(26.94% 0.087 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9310, 1.7327, 0.7103)
Luminance	0.0173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E11 #0E4845

analogous

#480E2E #480E11 #48280E

triadic

#480E11 #11480E #0E1148

tetradic

#480E11 #2E480E #0E4845 #280E48

square

#480E11 #2E480E #0E4845 #280E48

split-complementary

#480E11 #0E4828 #0E2E48

monochromatic

#1A0506 #1A0506 #480E11 #7B181D #AE2229

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.60

#480E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E11

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E11	1.00	15.60	1.35	15.60
#FFFFFF	15.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.087 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80524f',
    500: '#480e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e11;
$custom-light: #80524f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.897,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26938,
    "c": 0.08713,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E11

secondary

#2F837F

accent

#EAE13D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E11

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

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