#481109#481109

#481109 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.085 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481109
RGB	rgb(72, 17, 9)
HSL	hsl(8, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(8, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.39, 25.64, 18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.39, 31.53, 35.60°)
OKLab	oklab(27.18% 0.0729 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(27.18% 0.085 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.9226, 1.7988, 0.4517)
Luminance	0.0180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481109 #094048

analogous

#480920 #481109 #483009

triadic

#481109 #094811 #110948

tetradic

#481109 #204809 #094048 #300948

square

#481109 #204809 #094048 #300948

split-complementary

#481109 #094830 #092048

monochromatic

#1B0603 #1B0603 #481109 #7E1E10 #B52B17

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.45

#481109 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#481109 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481109

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481109	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481109	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)

#211D08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2907

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500210

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481109;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 17, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.085 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81534a',
    500: '#481109',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481109;
$custom-light: #81534a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481109",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.619,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27182,
    "c": 0.08524,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481109

secondary

#277985

accent

#DCF434

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #481109

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

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