#48181F#48181F

#48181F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.073 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48181F
RGB	rgb(72, 24, 31)
HSL	hsl(351, 50%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 56.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.16, 23.63, 7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.16, 24.67, 16.76°)
OKLab	oklab(28.64% 0.0713 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(28.64% 0.074 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2467, 2.1303, 1.5363)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48181F #184841

analogous

#481837 #48181F #482918

triadic

#48181F #1F4818 #181F48

tetradic

#48181F #374818 #184841 #291848

square

#48181F #374818 #184841 #291848

split-complementary

#48181F #184829 #183748

monochromatic

#17080A #1A090B #48181F #762733 #A43747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.73

#48181F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#48181F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48181F

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48181F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48181F	1.00	14.73	1.43	14.73
#FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23221F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F111B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48181f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 24, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.073 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e575a',
    500: '#48181f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48181f;
$custom-light: #7e575a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48181f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.25,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2864,
    "c": 0.0735,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48181F

secondary

#3D7F75

accent

#DAC54E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0A0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #48181F

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

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