#481A12#481A12

#481A12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.073 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A12
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 18)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 75%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.31, 21.37, 16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.31, 26.90, 37.41°)
OKLab	oklab(28.66% 0.0617 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(28.66% 0.073 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.1514, 2.1606, 0.8232)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A12 #124048

analogous

#481225 #481A12 #483512

triadic

#481A12 #12481A #1A1248

tetradic

#481A12 #254812 #124048 #351248

square

#481A12 #254812 #124048 #351248

split-complementary

#481A12 #124835 #122548

monochromatic

#180906 #180906 #481A12 #792C1E #AA3D2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.66

#481A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#481A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A12

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A12	1.00	14.66	1.43	14.66
#FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#501118

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.073 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5850',
    500: '#481a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a12;
$custom-light: #7f5850;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28664,
    "c": 0.07257,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A12

secondary

#357681

accent

#CCE345

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A12

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

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