#481B18#481B18

#481B18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.070 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B18
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 24)
HSL	hsl(4, 50%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 66.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.64, 21.26, 12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.64, 24.78, 30.92°)
OKLab	oklab(28.95% 0.0626 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(28.95% 0.07 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2296, 2.2279, 1.1239)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B18 #184548

analogous

#48182D #481B18 #483318

triadic

#481B18 #18481B #1B1848

tetradic

#481B18 #2D4818 #184548 #331848

square

#481B18 #2D4818 #184548 #331848

split-complementary

#481B18 #184833 #182D48

monochromatic

#170908 #1A0A09 #481B18 #762C27 #A43D37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.53

#481B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#481B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B18

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B18	1.00	14.53	1.45	14.53
#FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F131B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.070 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5954',
    500: '#481b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b18;
$custom-light: #7f5954;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28951,
    "c": 0.06974,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B18

secondary

#3D7B7F

accent

#D1DA4E

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0A0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B18

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

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