#480E12#480E12

#480E12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.087 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E12
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 18)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 75%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.04, 27.47, 13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.04, 30.58, 26.06°)
OKLab	oklab(26.96% 0.0809 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(26.96% 0.087 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.9390, 1.7359, 0.7525)
Luminance	0.0174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E12 #0E4844

analogous

#480E2F #480E12 #48270E

triadic

#480E12 #12480E #0E1248

tetradic

#480E12 #2F480E #0E4844 #270E48

square

#480E12 #2F480E #0E4844 #270E48

split-complementary

#480E12 #0E4827 #0E2F48

monochromatic

#1A0506 #1A0506 #480E12 #7B181F #AE222C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.59

#480E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E12

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E12	1.00	15.59	1.35	15.59
#FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2810

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.087 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80524f',
    500: '#480e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e12;
$custom-light: #80524f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.862,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26957,
    "c": 0.08703,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E12

secondary

#2F837D

accent

#EADE3D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E12

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

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