#480E14#480E14

#480E14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.087 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E14
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 20)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(354, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 72.2%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.07, 27.61, 12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.07, 30.19, 23.87°)
OKLab	oklab(27% 0.0818 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(27% 0.087 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.9561, 1.7427, 0.8424)
Luminance	0.0174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E14 #0E4842

analogous

#480E31 #480E14 #48250E

triadic

#480E14 #14480E #0E1448

tetradic

#480E14 #31480E #0E4842 #250E48

square

#480E14 #31480E #0E4842 #250E48

split-complementary

#480E14 #0E4825 #0E3148

monochromatic

#1A0507 #1A0507 #480E14 #7B1822 #AE2230

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.57

#480E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E14

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E14	1.00	15.57	1.35	15.57
#FFFFFF	15.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2812

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.087 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805251',
    500: '#480e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e14;
$custom-light: #805251;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.793,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26999,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E14

secondary

#2F837A

accent

#EAD83D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E14

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

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