#480E1C#480E1C

#480E1C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.087 H 11.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480E1C
RGB	rgb(72, 14, 28)
HSL	hsl(346, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(346, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 61.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.27, 28.25, 6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.27, 29.03, 13.33°)
OKLab	oklab(27.2% 0.0855 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(27.2% 0.087 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.0394, 1.7761, 1.2811)
Luminance	0.0178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480E1C #0E483A

analogous

#480E39 #480E1C #481D0E

triadic

#480E1C #1C480E #0E1C48

tetradic

#480E1C #39480E #0E483A #1D0E48

square

#480E1C #39480E #0E483A #1D0E48

split-complementary

#480E1C #0E481D #0E3948

monochromatic

#1A050A #1A050A #480E1C #7B1830 #AE2244

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.50

#480E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#480E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480E1C

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480E1C	1.00	15.50	1.36	15.50
#FFFFFF	15.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C281B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F0214

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 14, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.087 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5257',
    500: '#480e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480e1c;
$custom-light: #7f5257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.517,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27203,
    "c": 0.08718,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480E1C

secondary

#2F836F

accent

#EAC13D

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E9

border

#CAC3C5

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480E1C

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

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