#481D14#481D14

#481D14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.068 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D14
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 20)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 72.2%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.02, 19.75, 15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.02, 25.39, 38.94°)
OKLab	oklab(29.22% 0.0571 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(29.22% 0.068 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.2384, 2.3074, 0.9365)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D14 #143F48

analogous

#481425 #481D14 #483714

triadic

#481D14 #14481D #1D1448

tetradic

#481D14 #254814 #143F48 #371448

square

#481D14 #254814 #143F48 #371448

split-complementary

#481D14 #144837 #142548

monochromatic

#180A07 #180A07 #481D14 #783021 #A8442F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#481D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#481D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D14

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D14	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F151B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.068 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a51',
    500: '#481d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d14;
$custom-light: #7f5a51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.385,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29217,
    "c": 0.06829,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D14

secondary

#387480

accent

#C6E048

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D14

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

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