#48140E#48140E

#48140E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.081 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48140E
RGB	rgb(72, 20, 14)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 80.6%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.01, 24.39, 16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.01, 29.69, 34.75°)
OKLab	oklab(27.66% 0.0702 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(27.66% 0.081 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.0022, 1.9102, 0.6260)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48140E #0E4248

analogous

#480E25 #48140E #48310E

triadic

#48140E #0E4814 #140E48

tetradic

#48140E #25480E #0E4248 #310E48

square

#48140E #25480E #0E4248 #310E48

split-complementary

#48140E #0E4831 #0E2548

monochromatic

#1A0705 #1A0705 #48140E #7B2218 #AE3022

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.20

#48140E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#48140E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48140E

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48140E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48140E	1.00	15.20	1.38	15.20
#FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2A0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500713

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48140e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 20, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.081 29.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

$custom: #48140e;
$custom-light: #80554d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48140e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.207,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27664,
    "c": 0.08078,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48140E

secondary

#2F7A83

accent

#D8EA3D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #48140E

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

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