#481E18#481E18

#481E18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.066 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E18
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 24)
HSL	hsl(8, 50%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 66.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.33, 19.47, 13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.33, 23.76, 34.96°)
OKLab	oklab(29.48% 0.057 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(29.48% 0.066 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.3019, 2.3726, 1.1481)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E18 #184248

analogous

#48182A #481E18 #483618

triadic

#481E18 #18481E #1E1848

tetradic

#481E18 #2A4818 #184248 #361848

square

#481E18 #2A4818 #184248 #361848

split-complementary

#481E18 #184836 #182A48

monochromatic

#170A08 #1A0B09 #481E18 #763127 #A44437

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.24

#481E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#481E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E18

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E18	1.00	14.24	1.47	14.24
#FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F171D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.066 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b54',
    500: '#481e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e18;
$custom-light: #7e5b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29475,
    "c": 0.06577,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E18

secondary

#3D777F

accent

#C8DA4E

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0A0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E18

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

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