#480F1B#480F1B

#480F1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.086 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480F1B
RGB	rgb(72, 15, 27)
HSL	hsl(347, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(347, 79%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 62.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.39, 27.73, 7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.39, 28.75, 15.34°)
OKLab	oklab(27.29% 0.0837 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(27.29% 0.086 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0414, 1.7989, 1.2238)
Luminance	0.0180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480F1B #0F483C

analogous

#480F38 #480F1B #481F0F

triadic

#480F1B #1B480F #0F1B48

tetradic

#480F1B #38480F #0F483C #1F0F48

square

#480F1B #38480F #0F483C #1F0F48

split-complementary

#480F1B #0F481F #0F3848

monochromatic

#190509 #190509 #480F1B #7B1A2E #AD2441

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.45

#480F1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#480F1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480F1B

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480F1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480F1B	1.00	15.45	1.36	15.45
#FFFFFF	15.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C291A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F0314

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480f1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 15, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.086 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5257',
    500: '#480f1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480f1b;
$custom-light: #7f5257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480f1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.368,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2729,
    "c": 0.08581,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480F1B

secondary

#308271

accent

#E8C53F

background

#F8F4F5

surface

#EFE7E9

border

#CAC3C5

text

#0B0203

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480F1B

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

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