#48141B#48141B

#48141B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.079 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48141B
RGB	rgb(72, 20, 27)
HSL	hsl(352, 57%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(352, 72%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 62.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.26, 25.35, 8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.26, 26.83, 19.11°)
OKLab	oklab(27.94% 0.0761 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(27.94% 0.079 16)
XYZ	xyz(3.1208, 1.9576, 1.2502)
Luminance	0.0196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48141B #144841

analogous

#481435 #48141B #482714

triadic

#48141B #1B4814 #141B48

tetradic

#48141B #354814 #144841 #271448

square

#48141B #354814 #144841 #271448

split-complementary

#48141B #144827 #143548

monochromatic

#180709 #180709 #48141B #78212D #A82F3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.09

#48141B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#48141B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48141B

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48141B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48141B	1.00	15.09	1.39	15.09
#FFFFFF	15.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2A1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F0A17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48141b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 20, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.079 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5557',
    500: '#48141b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48141b;
$custom-light: #7f5557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48141b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.923,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27937,
    "c": 0.07916,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.01957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48141B

secondary

#388076

accent

#E0CB48

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #48141B

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

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