#480E1B#480E1B

#480E1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.087 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E1B
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 27)
HSL	hsl(347, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(347, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 62.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.24, 28.16, 7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.24, 29.11, 14.71°)
OKLab	oklab(27.17% 0.0851 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(27.17% 0.087 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.0276, 1.7713, 1.2192)
Luminance	0.0177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E1B #0E483B

analogous

#480E38 #480E1B #481E0E

triadic

#480E1B #1B480E #0E1B48

tetradic

#480E1B #38480E #0E483B #1E0E48

square

#480E1B #38480E #0E483B #1E0E48

split-complementary

#480E1B #0E481E #0E3848

monochromatic

#1A050A #1A050A #480E1B #7B182E #AE2241

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.51

#480E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E1B

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E1B	1.00	15.51	1.35	15.51
#FFFFFF	15.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C281A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F0213

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.087 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5257',
    500: '#480e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e1b;
$custom-light: #7f5257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.552,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27174,
    "c": 0.08706,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E1B

secondary

#2F8370

accent

#EAC43D

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E9

border

#CAC3C5

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E1B

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

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