#481E24#481E24

#481E24 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.064 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E24
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 36)
HSL	hsl(351, 41%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(351, 58%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 50%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.62, 20.73, 5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.62, 21.47, 15.05°)
OKLab	oklab(29.78% 0.0627 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(29.78% 0.064 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.4554, 2.4340, 1.9566)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E24 #1E4842

analogous

#481E39 #481E24 #482D1E

triadic

#481E24 #24481E #1E2448

tetradic

#481E24 #39481E #1E4842 #2D1E48

square

#481E24 #39481E #1E4842 #2D1E48

split-complementary

#481E24 #1E482D #1E3948

monochromatic

#16090B #1D0C0E #481E24 #73303A #9E424F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.12

#481E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#481E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E24

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E24	1.00	14.12	1.49	14.12
#FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F1920

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.064 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5b5e',
    500: '#481e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e24;
$custom-light: #7d5b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29784,
    "c": 0.06437,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E24

secondary

#457D75

accent

#D1C057

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEE9E9

border

#C9C5C5

text

#0A0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E24

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

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