#48231A#48231A

#48231A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.059 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48231A
RGB	rgb(72, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 63.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.60, 16.56, 13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.60, 21.60, 39.94°)
OKLab	oklab(30.46% 0.0484 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(30.46% 0.059 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.4602, 2.6547, 1.3073)
Luminance	0.0265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48231A #1A3F48

analogous

#481A28 #48231A #483A1A

triadic

#48231A #1A4823 #231A48

tetradic

#48231A #28481A #1A3F48 #3A1A48

square

#48231A #28481A #1A3F48 #3A1A48

split-complementary

#48231A #1A483A #1A2848

monochromatic

#160B08 #1B0D0A #48231A #75392A #A24F3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.72

#48231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#48231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48231A

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48231A	1.00	13.72	1.53	13.72
#FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F1D21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.059 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5e56',
    500: '#48231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48231a;
$custom-light: #7e5e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.739,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30457,
    "c": 0.05887,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48231A

secondary

#40727E

accent

#BCD751

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEE9E9

border

#C9C5C5

text

#0A0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #48231A

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

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