#481E28#481E28

#481E28 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.065 H 6.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E28
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 40)
HSL	hsl(346, 41%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(346, 58%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 44.4%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.74, 21.25, 2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.74, 21.45, 7.79°)
OKLab	oklab(29.91% 0.0646 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(29.91% 0.065 6.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.5200, 2.4598, 2.2965)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E28 #1E483E

analogous

#481E3D #481E28 #48291E

triadic

#481E28 #28481E #1E2848

tetradic

#481E28 #3D481E #1E483E #291E48

square

#481E28 #3D481E #1E483E #291E48

split-complementary

#481E28 #1E4829 #1E3D48

monochromatic

#16090C #1D0C10 #481E28 #733040 #9E4258

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.08

#481E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#481E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E28

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E28	1.00	14.08	1.49	14.08
#FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E1A22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.065 6.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5b61',
    500: '#481e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e28;
$custom-light: #7d5b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.714,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29912,
    "c": 0.06503,
    "h": 6.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E28

secondary

#457D70

accent

#D1B457

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEE9E9

border

#C9C5C5

text

#0A0405

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E28

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

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