#480F12#480F12

#480F12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.086 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480F12
RGB	rgb(72, 15, 18)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 75%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.19, 27.04, 13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.19, 30.28, 26.78°)
OKLab	oklab(27.08% 0.0795 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(27.08% 0.086 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.9528, 1.7635, 0.7571)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480F12 #0F4845

analogous

#480F2F #480F12 #48290F

triadic

#480F12 #12480F #0F1248

tetradic

#480F12 #2F480F #0F4845 #290F48

square

#480F12 #2F480F #0F4845 #290F48

split-complementary

#480F12 #0F4829 #0F2F48

monochromatic

#190506 #190506 #480F12 #7B1A1F #AD242B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.53

#480F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#480F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480F12

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480F12	1.00	15.53	1.35	15.53
#FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2810

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500111

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 15, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.086 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80524f',
    500: '#480f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480f12;
$custom-light: #80524f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27075,
    "c": 0.0859,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480F12

secondary

#30827E

accent

#E8E03F

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480F12

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

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