#48180B#48180B

#48180B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.077 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48180B
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 11)
HSL	hsl(13, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(13, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.78, 22.09, 19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.78, 29.34, 41.15°)
OKLab	oklab(28.23% 0.0623 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(28.23% 0.077 36)
XYZ	xyz(3.0598, 2.0556, 0.5522)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48180B #0B3B48

analogous

#480B1D #48180B #48370B

triadic

#48180B #0B4818 #180B48

tetradic

#48180B #1D480B #0B3B48 #370B48

square

#48180B #1D480B #0B3B48 #370B48

split-complementary

#48180B #0B4837 #0B1D48

monochromatic

#1B0904 #1B0904 #48180B #7D2A13 #B23B1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.88

#48180B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#48180B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48180B

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48180B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48180B	1.00	14.88	1.41	14.88
#FFFFFF	14.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500D15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48180b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.077 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80574b',
    500: '#48180b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48180b;
$custom-light: #80574b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48180b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.787,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2823,
    "c": 0.07701,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.02055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48180B

secondary

#2A7184

accent

#C9F038

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #48180B

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

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