#48181E#48181E

#48181E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.073 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48181E
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 30)
HSL	hsl(353, 50%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 58.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.13, 23.52, 7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.13, 24.78, 18.34°)
OKLab	oklab(28.61% 0.0708 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(28.61% 0.073 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.2337, 2.1251, 1.4679)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48181E #184842

analogous

#481836 #48181E #482A18

triadic

#48181E #1E4818 #181E48

tetradic

#48181E #364818 #184842 #2A1848

square

#48181E #364818 #184842 #2A1848

split-complementary

#48181E #18482A #183648

monochromatic

#17080A #1A090B #48181E #762731 #A43744

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.74

#48181E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#48181E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48181E

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48181E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48181E	1.00	14.74	1.43	14.74
#FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23221E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F101A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48181e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.073 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5759',
    500: '#48181e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48181e;
$custom-light: #7e5759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48181e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28612,
    "c": 0.07346,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48181E

secondary

#3D7F77

accent

#DAC84E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0A0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #48181E

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

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