#481B11#481B11

#481B11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.072 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B11
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 17)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 76.4%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.52, 20.72, 17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.52, 26.93, 39.69°)
OKLab	oklab(28.82% 0.0594 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(28.82% 0.072 34)
XYZ	xyz(3.1659, 2.2025, 0.7886)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B11 #113E48

analogous

#481123 #481B11 #483711

triadic

#481B11 #11481B #1B1148

tetradic

#481B11 #234811 #113E48 #371148

square

#481B11 #234811 #113E48 #371148

split-complementary

#481B11 #114837 #112348

monochromatic

#190906 #190906 #481B11 #7A2E1D #AB4028

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.58

#481B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#481B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B11

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B11	1.00	14.58	1.44	14.58
#FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#501219

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.072 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f594f',
    500: '#481b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b11;
$custom-light: #7f594f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28816,
    "c": 0.07168,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.02202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B11

secondary

#337382

accent

#C7E543

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B11

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

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