#481D26#481D26

#481D26 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.066 H 8.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D26
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 38)
HSL	hsl(347, 43%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(347, 60%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 47.2%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.45, 21.58, 3.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.45, 21.93, 10.28°)
OKLab	oklab(29.67% 0.0655 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(29.67% 0.066 8.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.4619, 2.3968, 2.1136)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D26 #1D483F

analogous

#481D3C #481D26 #482A1D

triadic

#481D26 #26481D #1D2648

tetradic

#481D26 #3C481D #1D483F #2A1D48

square

#481D26 #3C481D #1D483F #2A1D48

split-complementary

#481D26 #1D482A #1D3C48

monochromatic

#16090C #1C0B0F #481D26 #742F3D #9F4054

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.20

#481D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#481D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D26

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D26	1.00	14.20	1.48	14.20
#FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E1820

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.066 8.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5b60',
    500: '#481d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d26;
$custom-light: #7d5b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.442,
    "s": 42.574,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29673,
    "c": 0.06632,
    "h": 8.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D26

secondary

#447D71

accent

#D2B855

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEE9E9

border

#C9C5C5

text

#0A0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D26

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

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