#48151E#48151E

#48151E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.078 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48151E
RGB	rgb(72, 21, 30)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(349, 71%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 58.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.53, 25.13, 6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.53, 26.08, 15.51°)
OKLab	oklab(28.16% 0.0759 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(28.16% 0.078 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.1753, 2.0082, 1.4485)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48151E #15483F

analogous

#481537 #48151E #482515

triadic

#48151E #1E4815 #151E48

tetradic

#48151E #374815 #15483F #251548

square

#48151E #374815 #15483F #251548

split-complementary

#48151E #154825 #153748

monochromatic

#18070A #19070A #48151E #772332 #A73145

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.98

#48151E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#48151E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48151E

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48151E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48151E	1.00	14.98	1.40	14.98
#FFFFFF	14.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F0C19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48151e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 21, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.078 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5659',
    500: '#48151e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48151e;
$custom-light: #7f5659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48151e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28162,
    "c": 0.07789,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48151E

secondary

#398073

accent

#DEC44A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0A0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #48151E

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

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