#481B17#481B17

#481B17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.070 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B17
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 52%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 68.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.62, 21.17, 13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.62, 25.06, 32.33°)
OKLab	oklab(28.93% 0.0621 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(28.93% 0.07 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2194, 2.2238, 1.0702)
Luminance	0.0222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B17 #174448

analogous

#48172B #481B17 #483317

triadic

#481B17 #17481B #1B1748

tetradic

#481B17 #2B4817 #174448 #331748

square

#481B17 #2B4817 #174448 #331748

split-complementary

#481B17 #174833 #172B48

monochromatic

#170907 #1A0A08 #481B17 #762C26 #A53E35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.54

#481B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#481B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B17

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B17	1.00	14.54	1.44	14.54
#FFFFFF	14.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F131A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.070 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5953',
    500: '#481b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b17;
$custom-light: #7f5953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.898,
    "s": 51.579,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28929,
    "c": 0.06996,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B17

secondary

#3C7A7F

accent

#CFDB4D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0A0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B17

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

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