#480E17#480E17

#480E17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.087 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E17
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 23)
HSL	hsl(351, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(351, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 68.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.14, 27.83, 10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.14, 29.64, 20.12°)
OKLab	oklab(27.07% 0.0832 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(27.07% 0.087 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9845, 1.7541, 0.9919)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E17 #0E483F

analogous

#480E34 #480E17 #48220E

triadic

#480E17 #17480E #0E1748

tetradic

#480E17 #34480E #0E483F #220E48

square

#480E17 #34480E #0E483F #220E48

split-complementary

#480E17 #0E4822 #0E3448

monochromatic

#1A0508 #1A0508 #480E17 #7B1827 #AE2238

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.55

#480E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E17

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E17	1.00	15.55	1.35	15.55
#FFFFFF	15.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500112

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.087 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805253',
    500: '#480e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e17;
$custom-light: #805253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.69,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27069,
    "c": 0.08682,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E17

secondary

#2F8376

accent

#EAD03D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E17

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

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