#48120B#48120B

#48120B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.084 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48120B
RGB	rgb(72, 18, 11)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(7, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.60, 25.24, 17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.60, 30.89, 35.18°)
OKLab	oklab(27.34% 0.0721 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(27.34% 0.084 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.9495, 1.8349, 0.5154)
Luminance	0.0183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48120B #0B4148

analogous

#480B23 #48120B #48310B

triadic

#48120B #0B4812 #120B48

tetradic

#48120B #23480B #0B4148 #310B48

square

#48120B #23480B #0B4148 #310B48

split-complementary

#48120B #0B4831 #0B2348

monochromatic

#1B0704 #1B0704 #48120B #7D1F13 #B22D1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.36

#48120B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#48120B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48120B

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48120B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48120B	1.00	15.36	1.37	15.36
#FFFFFF	15.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2909

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500311

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48120b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 18, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.084 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80534b',
    500: '#48120b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48120b;
$custom-light: #80534b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48120b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.885,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27341,
    "c": 0.08372,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48120B

secondary

#2A7A84

accent

#DBF038

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #48120B

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

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