#481E15#481E15

#481E15 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.067 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E15
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 21)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 70.8%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.28, 19.22, 15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.28, 24.75, 39.05°)
OKLab	oklab(29.42% 0.0557 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(29.42% 0.067 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.2724, 2.3608, 0.9927)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E15 #153F48

analogous

#481525 #481E15 #483715

triadic

#481E15 #15481E #1E1548

tetradic

#481E15 #254815 #153F48 #371548

square

#481E15 #254815 #153F48 #371548

split-complementary

#481E15 #154837 #152548

monochromatic

#180A07 #190A07 #481E15 #773223 #A74531

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.27

#481E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#481E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E15

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E15	1.00	14.27	1.47	14.27
#FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F161C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.067 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b52',
    500: '#481e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e15;
$custom-light: #7f5b52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29415,
    "c": 0.06674,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E15

secondary

#397380

accent

#C4DE4A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0A0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E15

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

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