#481C18#481C18

#481C18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.068 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C18
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 24)
HSL	hsl(5, 50%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 66.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.87, 20.67, 13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.87, 24.43, 32.21°)
OKLab	oklab(29.12% 0.0608 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(29.12% 0.068 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.2529, 2.2746, 1.1317)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C18 #184448

analogous

#48182C #481C18 #483418

triadic

#481C18 #18481C #1C1848

tetradic

#481C18 #2C4818 #184448 #341848

square

#481C18 #2C4818 #184448 #341848

split-complementary

#481C18 #184834 #182C48

monochromatic

#170908 #1A0A09 #481C18 #762E27 #A44037

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.43

#481C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#481C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C18

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C18	1.00	14.43	1.45	14.43
#FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F141B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.068 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a54',
    500: '#481c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c18;
$custom-light: #7f5a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29122,
    "c": 0.0684,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C18

secondary

#3D797F

accent

#CEDA4E

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0A0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C18

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

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