#48140B#48140B

#48140B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.082 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48140B
RGB	rgb(72, 20, 11)
HSL	hsl(9, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(9, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.97, 24.24, 18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.97, 30.36, 37.01°)
OKLab	oklab(27.62% 0.069 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(27.62% 0.082 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.9834, 1.9026, 0.5267)
Luminance	0.0190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48140B #0B3F48

analogous

#480B21 #48140B #48330B

triadic

#48140B #0B4814 #140B48

tetradic

#48140B #21480B #0B3F48 #330B48

square

#48140B #21480B #0B3F48 #330B48

split-complementary

#48140B #0B4833 #0B2148

monochromatic

#1B0704 #1B0704 #48140B #7D2313 #B2311B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.21

#48140B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#48140B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48140B

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48140B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48140B	1.00	15.21	1.38	15.21
#FFFFFF	15.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#231E0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302A09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500612

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48140b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 20, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.082 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80554b',
    500: '#48140b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48140b;
$custom-light: #80554b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48140b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.852,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2762,
    "c": 0.0815,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48140B

secondary

#2A7784

accent

#D5F038

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #48140B

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

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