#480E18#480E18

#480E18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.087 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E18
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 24)
HSL	hsl(350, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(350, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 66.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.16, 27.91, 9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.16, 29.48, 18.79°)
OKLab	oklab(27.09% 0.0837 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(27.09% 0.087 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.9947, 1.7582, 1.0456)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E18 #0E483E

analogous

#480E35 #480E18 #48210E

triadic

#480E18 #18480E #0E1848

tetradic

#480E18 #35480E #0E483E #210E48

square

#480E18 #35480E #0E483E #210E48

split-complementary

#480E18 #0E4821 #0E3548

monochromatic

#1A0509 #1A0509 #480E18 #7B1829 #AE223A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.54

#480E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E18

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E18	1.00	15.54	1.35	15.54
#FFFFFF	15.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500112

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.087 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805254',
    500: '#480e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e18;
$custom-light: #805254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.655,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27094,
    "c": 0.08685,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E18

secondary

#2F8374

accent

#EACD3D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E18

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

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