#481C19#481C19

#481C19 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.068 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481C19
RGB	rgb(72, 28, 25)
HSL	hsl(4, 48%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 65.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.89, 20.76, 12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.89, 24.15, 30.75°)
OKLab	oklab(29.14% 0.0612 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(29.14% 0.068 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.2635, 2.2788, 1.1875)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481C19 #194548

analogous

#48192E #481C19 #483419

triadic

#481C19 #19481C #1C1948

tetradic

#481C19 #2E4819 #194548 #341948

square

#481C19 #2E4819 #194548 #341948

split-complementary

#481C19 #194834 #192E48

monochromatic

#170908 #1B0A09 #481C19 #752E29 #A33F39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.43

#481C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#481C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481C19

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481C19	1.00	14.43	1.46	14.43
#FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F141C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 28, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.068 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a55',
    500: '#481c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481c19;
$custom-light: #7f5a55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.83,
    "s": 48.454,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29144,
    "c": 0.06818,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481C19

secondary

#3E7A7E

accent

#CFD850

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E8

border

#CAC5C4

text

#0A0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #481C19

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

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