#480E15#480E15

#480E15 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.087 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E15
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 21)
HSL	hsl(353, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(353, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 70.8%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.10, 27.68, 11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.10, 30.00, 22.68°)
OKLab	oklab(27.02% 0.0823 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(27.02% 0.087 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.9652, 1.7464, 0.8903)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E15 #0E4841

analogous

#480E32 #480E15 #48240E

triadic

#480E15 #15480E #0E1548

tetradic

#480E15 #32480E #0E4841 #240E48

square

#480E15 #32480E #0E4841 #240E48

split-complementary

#480E15 #0E4824 #0E3248

monochromatic

#1A0507 #1A0507 #480E15 #7B1824 #AE2233

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.56

#480E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E15

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E15	1.00	15.56	1.35	15.56
#FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2813

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.087 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805252',
    500: '#480e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e15;
$custom-light: #805252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.759,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27022,
    "c": 0.08684,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E15

secondary

#2F8379

accent

#EAD53D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E15

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

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