#480F0B#480F0B

#480F0B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.087 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480F0B
RGB	rgb(72, 15, 11)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(4, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.08, 26.65, 17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.08, 31.67, 32.72°)
OKLab	oklab(26.96% 0.0765 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(26.96% 0.087 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.9040, 1.7440, 0.5003)
Luminance	0.0174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480F0B #0B4448

analogous

#480B26 #480F0B #482E0B

triadic

#480F0B #0B480F #0F0B48

tetradic

#480F0B #26480B #0B4448 #2E0B48

square

#480F0B #26480B #0B4448 #2E0B48

split-complementary

#480F0B #0B482E #0B2648

monochromatic

#1B0604 #1B0604 #480F0B #7D1A13 #B2251B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.57

#480F0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480F0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480F0B

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480F0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480F0B	1.00	15.57	1.35	15.57
#FFFFFF	15.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2809

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480f0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 15, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.087 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81524b',
    500: '#480f0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480f0b;
$custom-light: #81524b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480f0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.934,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26956,
    "c": 0.08696,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480F0B

secondary

#2A7E84

accent

#E4F038

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #480F0B

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

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