#481B14#481B14

#481B14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.071 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B14
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 20)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 72.2%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.57, 20.93, 15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.57, 25.98, 36.33°)
OKLab	oklab(28.87% 0.0608 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(28.87% 0.071 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.1910, 2.2125, 0.9207)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B14 #144148

analogous

#481427 #481B14 #483514

triadic

#481B14 #14481B #1B1448

tetradic

#481B14 #274814 #144148 #351448

square

#481B14 #274814 #144148 #351448

split-complementary

#481B14 #144835 #142748

monochromatic

#180907 #180907 #481B14 #782D21 #A83F2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#481B14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#481B14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B14

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B14	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#501219

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.071 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5951',
    500: '#481b14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b14;
$custom-light: #7f5951;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.077,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28869,
    "c": 0.07075,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B14

secondary

#387680

accent

#CBE048

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B14

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

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