#48211B#48211B

#48211B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.061 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48211B
RGB	rgb(72, 33, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 45%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(8, 63%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 62.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.12, 17.91, 12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.12, 21.87, 35.04°)
OKLab	oklab(30.09% 0.0528 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(30.09% 0.061 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.4144, 2.5449, 1.3481)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48211B #1B4248

analogous

#481B2C #48211B #48381B

triadic

#48211B #1B4821 #211B48

tetradic

#48211B #2C481B #1B4248 #381B48

square

#48211B #2C481B #1B4248 #381B48

split-complementary

#48211B #1B4838 #1B2C48

monochromatic

#160A08 #1B0D0A #48211B #75352C #A14A3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.92

#48211B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#48211B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48211B

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48211B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48211B	1.00	13.92	1.51	13.92
#FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A271A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F1B20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48211b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 33, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.061 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5d57',
    500: '#48211b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48211b;
$custom-light: #7e5d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48211b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30094,
    "c": 0.06099,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48211B

secondary

#41767E

accent

#C4D553

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEE9E9

border

#C9C5C5

text

#0A0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #48211B

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

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