#480F18#480F18

#480F18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.086 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480F18
RGB	rgb(72, 15, 24)
HSL	hsl(351, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(351, 79%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 66.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.32, 27.47, 9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.32, 29.14, 19.45°)
OKLab	oklab(27.21% 0.0823 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(27.21% 0.086 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.0085, 1.7857, 1.0502)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480F18 #0F483F

analogous

#480F35 #480F18 #48230F

triadic

#480F18 #18480F #0F1848

tetradic

#480F18 #35480F #0F483F #230F48

square

#480F18 #35480F #0F483F #230F48

split-complementary

#480F18 #0F4823 #0F3548

monochromatic

#190508 #190508 #480F18 #7B1A29 #AD243A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.48

#480F18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#480F18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480F18

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480F18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480F18	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)

#1E1D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500213

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480f18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 15, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.086 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805254',
    500: '#480f18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480f18;
$custom-light: #805254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480f18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.526,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2721,
    "c": 0.08564,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480F18

secondary

#308275

accent

#E8CE3F

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480F18

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

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