#48170A#48170A

#48170A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.078 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48170A
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 10)
HSL	hsl(13, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(13, 86%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 86.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.55, 22.60, 19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.55, 29.81, 40.70°)
OKLab	oklab(28.06% 0.0637 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(28.06% 0.078 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.0340, 2.0128, 0.5159)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48170A #0A3B48

analogous

#480A1C #48170A #48360A

triadic

#48170A #0A4817 #170A48

tetradic

#48170A #1C480A #0A3B48 #360A48

square

#48170A #1C480A #0A3B48 #360A48

split-complementary

#48170A #0A4836 #0A1C48

monochromatic

#1B0904 #1B0904 #48170A #7E2811 #B33919

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.97

#48170A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#48170A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48170A

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48170A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48170A	1.00	14.97	1.40	14.97
#FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252008

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500B14

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48170a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.078 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80564b',
    500: '#48170a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48170a;
$custom-light: #80564b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48170a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.581,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28059,
    "c": 0.07841,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48170A

secondary

#297285

accent

#CBF236

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #48170A

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

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