#48171E#48171E

#48171E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.075 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48171E
RGB	rgb(72, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(351, 52%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(351, 68%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 58.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.93, 24.07, 7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.93, 25.22, 17.34°)
OKLab	oklab(28.46% 0.0725 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(28.46% 0.075 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.2135, 2.0846, 1.4612)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48171E #174841

analogous

#481736 #48171E #482817

triadic

#48171E #1E4817 #171E48

tetradic

#48171E #364817 #174841 #281748

square

#48171E #364817 #174841 #281748

split-complementary

#48171E #174828 #173648

monochromatic

#17070A #1A080B #48171E #762631 #A53545

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.82

#48171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#48171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48171E

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48171E	1.00	14.82	1.42	14.82
#FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22211E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F0F1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.075 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5759',
    500: '#48171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48171e;
$custom-light: #7e5759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 51.579,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28458,
    "c": 0.07494,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48171E

secondary

#3C7F75

accent

#DBC74D

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0A0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #48171E

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

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