#481E23#481E23

#481E23 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.064 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E23
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 35)
HSL	hsl(353, 41%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(353, 58%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 51.4%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.59, 20.61, 6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.59, 21.54, 16.86°)
OKLab	oklab(29.75% 0.0623 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(29.75% 0.064 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.4404, 2.4280, 1.8772)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E23 #1E4843

analogous

#481E38 #481E23 #482E1E

triadic

#481E23 #23481E #1E2348

tetradic

#481E23 #38481E #1E4843 #2E1E48

square

#481E23 #38481E #1E4843 #2E1E48

split-complementary

#481E23 #1E482E #1E3848

monochromatic

#16090B #1D0C0E #481E23 #733038 #9E424D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.14

#481E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#481E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E23

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E23	1.00	14.14	1.49	14.14
#FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F1920

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.064 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5b5d',
    500: '#481e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e23;
$custom-light: #7e5b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.857,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29754,
    "c": 0.06429,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E23

secondary

#457D76

accent

#D1C257

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEE9E9

border

#C9C5C5

text

#0A0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E23

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

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