#480F09#480F09

#480F09 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.087 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480F09
RGB	rgb(72, 15, 9)
HSL	hsl(6, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(6, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.06, 26.56, 17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.06, 32.04, 34.00°)
OKLab	oklab(26.93% 0.0758 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(26.93% 0.087 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.8930, 1.7395, 0.4418)
Luminance	0.0174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480F09 #094248

analogous

#480922 #480F09 #482E09

triadic

#480F09 #09480F #0F0948

tetradic

#480F09 #224809 #094248 #2E0948

square

#480F09 #224809 #094248 #2E0948

split-complementary

#480F09 #09482E #092248

monochromatic

#1B0603 #1B0603 #480F09 #7E1A10 #B52617

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.58

#480F09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480F09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480F09

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480F09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480F09	1.00	15.58	1.35	15.58
#FFFFFF	15.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2807

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480f09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 15, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.087 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81524a',
    500: '#480f09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480f09;
$custom-light: #81524a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480f09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26929,
    "c": 0.08734,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480F09

secondary

#277C85

accent

#E2F434

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480F09

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

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