#48170B#48170B

#48170B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.078 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48170B
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 11)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(12, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.57, 22.65, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.57, 29.58, 40.05°)
OKLab	oklab(28.07% 0.064 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(28.07% 0.078 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0396, 2.0151, 0.5454)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48170B #0B3C48

analogous

#480B1E #48170B #48360B

triadic

#48170B #0B4817 #170B48

tetradic

#48170B #1E480B #0B3C48 #360B48

square

#48170B #1E480B #0B3C48 #360B48

split-complementary

#48170B #0B4836 #0B1E48

monochromatic

#1B0804 #1B0804 #48170B #7D2813 #B2391B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.97

#48170B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#48170B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48170B

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48170B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48170B	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)

#252009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500B15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48170b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.078 34.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48170b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.803,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28071,
    "c": 0.07813,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48170B

secondary

#2A7384

accent

#CCF038

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #48170B

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

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