#480E1A#480E1A

#480E1A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.087 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E1A
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 26)
HSL	hsl(348, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(348, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 63.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.21, 28.07, 8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.21, 29.22, 16.08°)
OKLab	oklab(27.15% 0.0846 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(27.15% 0.087 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.0163, 1.7668, 1.1593)
Luminance	0.0177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E1A #0E483C

analogous

#480E37 #480E1A #481F0E

triadic

#480E1A #1A480E #0E1A48

tetradic

#480E1A #37480E #0E483C #1F0E48

square

#480E1A #37480E #0E483C #1F0E48

split-complementary

#480E1A #0E481F #0E3748

monochromatic

#1A0509 #1A0509 #480E1A #7B182D #AE223F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.52

#480E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E1A

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E1A	1.00	15.52	1.35	15.52
#FFFFFF	15.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F0213

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.087 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5256',
    500: '#480e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e1a;
$custom-light: #7f5256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.586,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27146,
    "c": 0.08696,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E1A

secondary

#2F8372

accent

#EAC73D

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E8

border

#CAC3C4

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E1A

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

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