#48383B#48383B

#48383B is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.023 H 5.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48383B
RGB	rgb(72, 56, 59)
HSL	hsl(349, 13%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(349, 22%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 18.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, 7.65, 0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 7.70, 6.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.92% 0.0231 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(35.92% 0.023 5.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8761, 4.5220, 4.7528)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48383B #384845

analogous

#483843 #48383B #483D38

triadic

#48383B #3B4838 #383B48

tetradic

#48383B #434838 #384845 #3D3848

square

#48383B #434838 #384845 #3D3848

split-complementary

#48383B #38483D #384348

monochromatic

#110D0E #261D1F #48383B #6A5357 #8D6E73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#48383B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#48383B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48383B

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48383B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48383B	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48383b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 56, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.023 5.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b6e70',
    500: '#48383b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48383b;
$custom-light: #7b6e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48383b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35919,
    "c": 0.02319,
    "h": 5.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48383B

secondary

#647874

accent

#B5A972

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EDECEC

border

#C8C7C7

text

#090707

muted

#7B7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #48383B

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

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