#480E13#480E13

#480E13 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.087 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E13
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 19)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(355, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 73.6%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.05, 27.54, 12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.05, 30.39, 24.99°)
OKLab	oklab(26.98% 0.0813 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(26.98% 0.087 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.9474, 1.7392, 0.7965)
Luminance	0.0174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E13 #0E4843

analogous

#480E30 #480E13 #48260E

triadic

#480E13 #13480E #0E1348

tetradic

#480E13 #30480E #0E4843 #260E48

square

#480E13 #30480E #0E4843 #260E48

split-complementary

#480E13 #0E4826 #0E3048

monochromatic

#1A0507 #1A0507 #480E13 #7B1821 #AE222E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.58

#480E13 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480E13 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E13

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E13	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E13	1.00	15.58	1.35	15.58
#FFFFFF	15.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2811

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e13;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.087 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805250',
    500: '#480e13',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e13;
$custom-light: #805250;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e13",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.828,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26978,
    "c": 0.08695,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E13

secondary

#2F837C

accent

#EADB3D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E13

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

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