#481E16#481E16

#481E16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.066 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E16
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 22)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 69.4%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.29, 19.30, 14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.29, 24.41, 37.73°)
OKLab	oklab(29.43% 0.0561 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(29.43% 0.066 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.2819, 2.3646, 1.0425)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E16 #164048

analogous

#481627 #481E16 #483716

triadic

#481E16 #16481E #1E1648

tetradic

#481E16 #274816 #164048 #371648

square

#481E16 #274816 #164048 #371648

split-complementary

#481E16 #164837 #162748

monochromatic

#170A07 #190A08 #481E16 #773224 #A64533

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#481E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#481E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E16

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E16	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F161C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.066 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b53',
    500: '#481e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e16;
$custom-light: #7f5b53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.6,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29434,
    "c": 0.0664,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E16

secondary

#3A747F

accent

#C5DD4B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0A0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E16

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

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