#48170E#48170E

#48170E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.077 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48170E
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(9, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 80.6%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.61, 22.81, 17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.61, 28.86, 37.79°)
OKLab	oklab(28.11% 0.0652 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(28.11% 0.077 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.0585, 2.0226, 0.6447)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48170E #0E3F48

analogous

#480E22 #48170E #48340E

triadic

#48170E #0E4817 #170E48

tetradic

#48170E #22480E #0E3F48 #340E48

square

#48170E #22480E #0E3F48 #340E48

split-complementary

#48170E #0E4834 #0E2248

monochromatic

#1A0805 #1A0805 #48170E #7B2718 #AE3822

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.95

#48170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#48170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48170E

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48170E	1.00	14.95	1.40	14.95
#FFFFFF	14.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24200D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500C15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.077 32.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

$custom: #48170e;
$custom-light: #80564d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.31,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28114,
    "c": 0.07728,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48170E

secondary

#2F7683

accent

#D0EA3D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #48170E

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

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