#48181D#48181D

#48181D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.073 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48181D
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 29)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 59.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.11, 23.42, 8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.11, 24.91, 19.90°)
OKLab	oklab(28.58% 0.0703 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(28.58% 0.073 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.2212, 2.1201, 1.4018)
Luminance	0.0212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48181D #184843

analogous

#481835 #48181D #482B18

triadic

#48181D #1D4818 #181D48

tetradic

#48181D #354818 #184843 #2B1848

square

#48181D #354818 #184843 #2B1848

split-complementary

#48181D #18482B #183548

monochromatic

#170809 #1A090B #48181D #76272F #A43742

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.75

#48181D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#48181D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48181D

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48181D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48181D	1.00	14.75	1.42	14.75
#FFFFFF	14.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23221D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2C1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F101A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48181d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.073 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5758',
    500: '#48181d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48181d;
$custom-light: #7e5758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48181d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.75,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28584,
    "c": 0.07345,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48181D

secondary

#3D7F78

accent

#DACB4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0A0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #48181D

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

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