#481F12#481F12

#481F12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.067 H 38.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481F12
RGB	rgb(72, 31, 18)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 75%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.47, 18.39, 17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.47, 25.57, 44.02°)
OKLab	oklab(29.55% 0.0525 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(29.55% 0.067 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2719, 2.4018, 0.8634)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481F12 #123B48

analogous

#481220 #481F12 #483A12

triadic

#481F12 #12481F #1F1248

tetradic

#481F12 #204812 #123B48 #3A1248

square

#481F12 #204812 #123B48 #3A1248

split-complementary

#481F12 #12483A #122048

monochromatic

#180B06 #180B06 #481F12 #79341E #AA492A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#481F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#481F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481F12

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481F12	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50171C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 31, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.067 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5b50',
    500: '#481f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481f12;
$custom-light: #7f5b50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.444,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29545,
    "c": 0.06674,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481F12

secondary

#356F81

accent

#BDE345

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #481F12

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

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