#48151C#48151C

#48151C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.078 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48151C
RGB	rgb(72, 21, 28)
HSL	hsl(352, 55%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(352, 71%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 61.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.48, 24.93, 8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.48, 26.29, 18.51°)
OKLab	oklab(28.11% 0.0749 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(28.11% 0.078 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.1505, 1.9983, 1.3182)
Luminance	0.0200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48151C #154841

analogous

#481535 #48151C #482715

triadic

#48151C #1C4815 #151C48

tetradic

#48151C #354815 #154841 #271548

square

#48151C #354815 #154841 #271548

split-complementary

#48151C #154827 #153548

monochromatic

#180709 #19070A #48151C #77232E #A73141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.00

#48151C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#48151C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48151C

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48151C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48151C	1.00	15.00	1.40	15.00
#FFFFFF	15.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F0C18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48151c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 21, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.078 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5557',
    500: '#48151c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48151c;
$custom-light: #7f5557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48151c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.765,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28106,
    "c": 0.07778,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48151C

secondary

#398076

accent

#DECA4A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0A0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #48151C

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

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