#481E17#481E17

#481E17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.066 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E17
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 23)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 68.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.31, 19.39, 14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.31, 24.08, 36.37°)
OKLab	oklab(29.45% 0.0566 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(29.45% 0.066 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.2917, 2.3685, 1.0943)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E17 #174148

analogous

#481728 #481E17 #483617

triadic

#481E17 #17481E #1E1748

tetradic

#481E17 #284817 #174148 #361748

square

#481E17 #284817 #174148 #361748

split-complementary

#481E17 #174836 #172848

monochromatic

#170A07 #1A0B08 #481E17 #763126 #A54535

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.25

#481E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#481E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E17

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E17	1.00	14.25	1.47	14.25
#FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F161C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.066 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b54',
    500: '#481e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e17;
$custom-light: #7f5b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 51.579,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29454,
    "c": 0.06608,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E17

secondary

#3C757F

accent

#C7DB4D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0A0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E17

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

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