#480E19#480E19

#480E19 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.087 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E19
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 25)
HSL	hsl(349, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(349, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 65.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.19, 27.99, 8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.19, 29.34, 17.44°)
OKLab	oklab(27.12% 0.0841 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(27.12% 0.087 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.0053, 1.7624, 1.1014)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E19 #0E483D

analogous

#480E36 #480E19 #48200E

triadic

#480E19 #19480E #0E1948

tetradic

#480E19 #36480E #0E483D #200E48

square

#480E19 #36480E #0E483D #200E48

split-complementary

#480E19 #0E4820 #0E3648

monochromatic

#1A0509 #1A0509 #480E19 #7B182B #AE223D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.53

#480E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E19

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E19	1.00	15.53	1.35	15.53
#FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500113

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.087 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805255',
    500: '#480e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e19;
$custom-light: #805255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.621,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2712,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E19

secondary

#2F8373

accent

#EACA3D

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E19

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

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