#481D27#481D27

#481D27 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.067 H 7.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481D27
RGB	rgb(72, 29, 39)
HSL	hsl(346, 43%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(346, 60%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 45.8%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.48, 21.71, 3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.48, 21.95, 8.50°)
OKLab	oklab(29.71% 0.066 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(29.71% 0.067 7.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.4783, 2.4033, 2.1998)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481D27 #1D483E

analogous

#481D3C #481D27 #48291D

triadic

#481D27 #27481D #1D2748

tetradic

#481D27 #3C481D #1D483E #291D48

square

#481D27 #3C481D #1D483E #291D48

split-complementary

#481D27 #1D4829 #1D3C48

monochromatic

#16090C #1C0B0F #481D27 #742F3F #9F4056

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.18

#481D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#481D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481D27

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481D27	1.00	14.18	1.48	14.18
#FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E1821

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 29, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.067 7.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5b60',
    500: '#481d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481d27;
$custom-light: #7d5b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.047,
    "s": 42.574,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29706,
    "c": 0.06653,
    "h": 7.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481D27

secondary

#447D70

accent

#D2B555

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEE9E9

border

#C9C5C5

text

#0A0405

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #481D27

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

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