#481E1A#481E1A

#481E1A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.065 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E1A
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 26)
HSL	hsl(5, 47%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 63.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.37, 19.65, 12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.37, 23.18, 32.00°)
OKLab	oklab(29.52% 0.058 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(29.52% 0.065 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.3235, 2.3812, 1.2617)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E1A #1A4448

analogous

#481A2D #481E1A #48351A

triadic

#481E1A #1A481E #1E1A48

tetradic

#481E1A #2D481A #1A4448 #351A48

square

#481E1A #2D481A #1A4448 #351A48

split-complementary

#481E1A #1A4835 #1A2D48

monochromatic

#160908 #1B0B0A #481E1A #75312A #A2433A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.23

#481E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#481E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E1A

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E1A	1.00	14.23	1.48	14.23
#FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F171D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.065 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b56',
    500: '#481e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e1a;
$custom-light: #7e5b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.217,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29519,
    "c": 0.06523,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E1A

secondary

#40797E

accent

#CBD751

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0A0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E1A

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

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