#48161B#48161B

#48161B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.076 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48161B
RGB	rgb(72, 22, 27)
HSL	hsl(354, 53%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(354, 69%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 62.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.65, 24.31, 9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.65, 26.03, 20.93°)
OKLab	oklab(28.23% 0.0728 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(28.23% 0.076 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1575, 2.0311, 1.2625)
Luminance	0.0203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48161B #164843

analogous

#481634 #48161B #482A16

triadic

#48161B #1B4816 #161B48

tetradic

#48161B #344816 #164843 #2A1648

square

#48161B #344816 #164843 #2A1648

split-complementary

#48161B #16482A #163448

monochromatic

#170709 #190809 #48161B #77242D #A6333E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.93

#48161B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#48161B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48161B

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48161B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48161B	1.00	14.93	1.41	14.93
#FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22201B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F0D18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48161b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 22, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.076 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5657',
    500: '#48161b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48161b;
$custom-light: #7f5657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48161b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28226,
    "c": 0.07636,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48161B

secondary

#3A7F79

accent

#DDCE4B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0A0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #48161B

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

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