#481B24#481B24

#481B24 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.069 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B24
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 36)
HSL	hsl(348, 45%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(348, 63%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 50%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.94, 22.50, 4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.94, 22.97, 11.60°)
OKLab	oklab(29.27% 0.0683 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(29.27% 0.069 10)
XYZ	xyz(3.3831, 2.2893, 1.9324)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B24 #1B483F

analogous

#481B3B #481B24 #48291B

triadic

#481B24 #24481B #1B2448

tetradic

#481B24 #3B481B #1B483F #291B48

square

#481B24 #3B481B #1B483F #291B48

split-complementary

#481B24 #1B4829 #1B3B48

monochromatic

#16080B #1B0A0E #481B24 #752C3A #A13C51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.41

#481B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#481B24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B24

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B24	1.00	14.41	1.46	14.41
#FFFFFF	14.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F151E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.069 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e595e',
    500: '#481b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b24;
$custom-light: #7e595e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29272,
    "c": 0.06931,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.02289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B24

secondary

#417E72

accent

#D5BB53

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEE9E9

border

#C9C5C5

text

#0A0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B24

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

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