#480F17#480F17

#480F17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.086 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480F17
RGB	rgb(72, 15, 23)
HSL	hsl(352, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(352, 79%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 68.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.30, 27.39, 10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.30, 29.30, 20.79°)
OKLab	oklab(27.19% 0.0818 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(27.19% 0.086 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.9983, 1.7817, 0.9965)
Luminance	0.0178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480F17 #0F4840

analogous

#480F34 #480F17 #48240F

triadic

#480F17 #17480F #0F1748

tetradic

#480F17 #34480F #0F4840 #240F48

square

#480F17 #34480F #0F4840 #240F48

split-complementary

#480F17 #0F4824 #0F3448

monochromatic

#190508 #190508 #480F17 #7B1A27 #AD2437

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.48

#480F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#480F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480F17

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480F17	1.00	15.48	1.36	15.48
#FFFFFF	15.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500212

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 15, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.086 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805253',
    500: '#480f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480f17;
$custom-light: #805253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.579,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27186,
    "c": 0.08563,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480F17

secondary

#308277

accent

#E8D13F

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480F17

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

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