#481B1B#481B1B

#481B1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.069 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B1B
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 27)
HSL	hsl(0, 45%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 62.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.70, 21.53, 10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.70, 24.04, 26.44°)
OKLab	oklab(29.02% 0.064 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(29.02% 0.069 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.2625, 2.2411, 1.2975)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B1B #1B4848

analogous

#481B32 #481B1B #48321B

triadic

#481B1B #1B481B #1B1B48

tetradic

#481B1B #32481B #1B4848 #321B48

square

#481B1B #32481B #1B4848 #321B48

split-complementary

#481B1B #1B4832 #1B3248

monochromatic

#160808 #1B0A0A #481B1B #752C2C #A13C3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.50

#481B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#481B1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B1B

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B1B	1.00	14.50	1.45	14.50
#FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26231B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F131B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.069 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5957',
    500: '#481b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b1b;
$custom-light: #7e5957;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2902,
    "c": 0.06922,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B1B

secondary

#417E7E

accent

#D5D553

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0A0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B1B

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

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