#481E26#481E26

#481E26 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.065 H 9.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E26
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 38)
HSL	hsl(349, 41%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(349, 58%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 47.2%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.68, 20.98, 4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.68, 21.41, 11.42°)
OKLab	oklab(29.85% 0.0637 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(29.85% 0.065 9.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.4868, 2.4466, 2.1220)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E26 #1E4840

analogous

#481E3B #481E26 #482B1E

triadic

#481E26 #26481E #1E2648

tetradic

#481E26 #3B481E #1E4840 #2B1E48

square

#481E26 #3B481E #1E4840 #2B1E48

split-complementary

#481E26 #1E482B #1E3B48

monochromatic

#16090B #1D0C0F #481E26 #73303D #9E4254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.10

#481E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#481E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E26

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E26	1.00	14.10	1.49	14.10
#FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E1921

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.065 9.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5b60',
    500: '#481e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e26;
$custom-light: #7d5b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.571,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29846,
    "c": 0.06462,
    "h": 9.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E26

secondary

#457D72

accent

#D1BA57

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEE9E9

border

#C9C5C5

text

#0A0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E26

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

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