#481A18#481A18

#481A18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.071 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A18
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 24)
HSL	hsl(3, 50%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 66.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.42, 21.83, 12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.42, 25.13, 29.69°)
OKLab	oklab(28.78% 0.0644 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(28.78% 0.071 25)
XYZ	xyz(3.2070, 2.1829, 1.1164)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A18 #184648

analogous

#48182E #481A18 #483218

triadic

#481A18 #18481A #1A1848

tetradic

#481A18 #2E4818 #184648 #321848

square

#481A18 #2E4818 #184648 #321848

split-complementary

#481A18 #184832 #182E48

monochromatic

#170808 #1A0909 #481A18 #762B27 #A43B37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.62

#481A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#481A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A18

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A18	1.00	14.62	1.44	14.62
#FFFFFF	14.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312C17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F121A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.071 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5854',
    500: '#481a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a18;
$custom-light: #7f5854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28784,
    "c": 0.07109,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.02182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A18

secondary

#3D7C7F

accent

#D4DA4E

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0A0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A18

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

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