#48181A#48181A

#48181A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.074 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48181A
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 26)
HSL	hsl(358, 50%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 63.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.03, 23.14, 10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.03, 25.42, 24.47°)
OKLab	oklab(28.51% 0.0689 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(28.51% 0.074 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1859, 2.1060, 1.2158)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48181A #184846

analogous

#481832 #48181A #482E18

triadic

#48181A #1A4818 #181A48

tetradic

#48181A #324818 #184846 #2E1848

square

#48181A #324818 #184846 #2E1848

split-complementary

#48181A #18482E #183248

monochromatic

#170808 #1A0909 #48181A #76272B #A4373B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.78

#48181A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#48181A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48181A

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48181A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48181A	1.00	14.78	1.42	14.78
#FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24221A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F0F19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48181a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.074 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5756',
    500: '#48181a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48181a;
$custom-light: #7f5756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48181a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28507,
    "c": 0.07358,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48181A

secondary

#3D7F7C

accent

#DAD44E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0A0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #48181A

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

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