#481509#481509

#481509 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.081 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481509
RGB	rgb(72, 21, 9)
HSL	hsl(11, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(11, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.14, 23.63, 19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.14, 30.52, 39.27°)
OKLab	oklab(27.74% 0.0666 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(27.74% 0.081 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.9903, 1.9342, 0.4743)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481509 #093C48

analogous

#48091C #481509 #483409

triadic

#481509 #094815 #150948

tetradic

#481509 #1C4809 #093C48 #340948

square

#481509 #1C4809 #093C48 #340948

split-complementary

#481509 #094834 #091C48

monochromatic

#1B0803 #1B0803 #481509 #7E2510 #B53517

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.14

#481509 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#481509 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481509

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481509	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481509	1.00	15.14	1.39	15.14
#FFFFFF	15.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#231F07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302A07

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500813

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481509;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 21, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.081 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80554a',
    500: '#481509',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481509;
$custom-light: #80554a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481509",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27741,
    "c": 0.08089,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481509

secondary

#277485

accent

#D0F434

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #481509

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

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