#481D17#481D17

#481D17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.067 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D17
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 52%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 68.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.08, 19.99, 13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.08, 24.39, 34.97°)
OKLab	oklab(29.28% 0.0585 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(29.28% 0.067 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.2668, 2.3187, 1.0860)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D17 #174248

analogous

#481729 #481D17 #483517

triadic

#481D17 #17481D #1D1748

tetradic

#481D17 #294817 #174248 #351748

square

#481D17 #294817 #174248 #351748

split-complementary

#481D17 #174835 #172948

monochromatic

#170907 #1A0A08 #481D17 #763026 #A54235

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.35

#481D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#481D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D17

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D17	1.00	14.35	1.46	14.35
#FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F151C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.067 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5a54',
    500: '#481d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d17;
$custom-light: #7f5a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.347,
    "s": 51.579,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29276,
    "c": 0.06735,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D17

secondary

#3C777F

accent

#CADB4D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0A0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D17

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

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