#481B19#481B19

#481B19 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.070 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B19
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 25)
HSL	hsl(3, 48%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 65.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.66, 21.34, 12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.66, 24.51, 29.46°)
OKLab	oklab(28.97% 0.0631 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(28.97% 0.07 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.2402, 2.2322, 1.1797)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B19 #194648

analogous

#48192F #481B19 #483319

triadic

#481B19 #19481B #1B1948

tetradic

#481B19 #2F4819 #194648 #331948

square

#481B19 #2F4819 #194648 #331948

split-complementary

#481B19 #194833 #192F48

monochromatic

#170908 #1B0A09 #481B19 #752C29 #A33D39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#481B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#481B19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B19

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B19	1.00	14.52	1.45	14.52
#FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F131B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.070 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5955',
    500: '#481b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b19;
$custom-light: #7f5955;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.553,
    "s": 48.454,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28973,
    "c": 0.06954,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B19

secondary

#3E7C7E

accent

#D2D850

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E8

border

#CAC5C4

text

#0A0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B19

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

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