#481E19#481E19

#481E19 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.065 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E19
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 25)
HSL	hsl(6, 48%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 65.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.35, 19.56, 12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.35, 23.46, 33.50°)
OKLab	oklab(29.5% 0.0575 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(29.5% 0.065 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.3125, 2.3768, 1.2038)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E19 #194348

analogous

#48192C #481E19 #483619

triadic

#481E19 #19481E #1E1948

tetradic

#481E19 #2C4819 #194348 #361948

square

#481E19 #2C4819 #194348 #361948

split-complementary

#481E19 #194836 #192C48

monochromatic

#170908 #1B0B09 #481E19 #753129 #A34439

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.24

#481E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#481E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E19

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E19	1.00	14.24	1.48	14.24
#FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F171D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.065 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b55',
    500: '#481e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e19;
$custom-light: #7e5b55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.383,
    "s": 48.454,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29497,
    "c": 0.06549,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E19

secondary

#3E787E

accent

#CAD850

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E8

border

#CAC5C4

text

#0A0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E19

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

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