#48181C#48181C

#48181C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.073 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48181C
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 28)
HSL	hsl(355, 50%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 61.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.08, 23.32, 9.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.08, 25.06, 21.45°)
OKLab	oklab(28.56% 0.0698 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(28.56% 0.073 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.2090, 2.1152, 1.3377)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48181C #184844

analogous

#481834 #48181C #482C18

triadic

#48181C #1C4818 #181C48

tetradic

#48181C #344818 #184844 #2C1848

square

#48181C #344818 #184844 #2C1848

split-complementary

#48181C #18482C #183448

monochromatic

#170809 #1A090A #48181C #76272E #A43740

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.76

#48181C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#48181C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48181C

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48181C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48181C	1.00	14.76	1.42	14.76
#FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23221C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F101A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48181c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.073 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5757',
    500: '#48181c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48181c;
$custom-light: #7f5757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48181c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28558,
    "c": 0.07346,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48181C

secondary

#3D7F79

accent

#DACE4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0A0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #48181C

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

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