#481B21#481B21

#481B21 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.069 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B21
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 33)
HSL	hsl(352, 45%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(352, 63%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 54.2%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.85, 22.15, 6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.85, 23.12, 16.70°)
OKLab	oklab(29.18% 0.0669 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(29.18% 0.069 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.3392, 2.2718, 1.7012)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B21 #1B4842

analogous

#481B38 #481B21 #482C1B

triadic

#481B21 #21481B #1B2148

tetradic

#481B21 #38481B #1B4842 #2C1B48

square

#481B21 #38481B #1B4842 #2C1B48

split-complementary

#481B21 #1B482C #1B3848

monochromatic

#16080A #1B0A0D #481B21 #752C35 #A13C4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#481B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#481B21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B21

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B21	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F151D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.069 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e595c',
    500: '#481b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b21;
$custom-light: #7e595c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29181,
    "c": 0.06897,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B21

secondary

#417E76

accent

#D5C453

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEE9E9

border

#C9C5C5

text

#0A0304

muted

#7C7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B21

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

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