#230E09#230E09

#230E09 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.4% C 0.037 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#230E09
RGB	rgb(35, 14, 9)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 74.3%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.24, 9.88, 5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.24, 11.48, 30.57°)
OKLab	oklab(19.45% 0.0308 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(19.45% 0.037 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.8995, 0.6912, 0.3444)
Luminance	0.0069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#230E09 #091E23

analogous

#230911 #230E09 #231B09

triadic

#230E09 #09230E #0E0923

tetradic

#230E09 #112309 #091E23 #1B0923

square

#230E09 #112309 #091E23 #1B0923

split-complementary

#230E09 #09231B #091123

monochromatic

#180A06 #180A06 #230E09 #542116 #843522

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.45

#230E09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#230E09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #230E09

18.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##230E09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##230E09	1.00	18.45	1.14	18.45
#FFFFFF	18.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#131109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181609

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#270A0D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #230e09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 14, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.4% 0.037 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e4d4b',
    500: '#230e09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #230e09;
$custom-light: #5e4d4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#230e09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19446,
    "c": 0.03735,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#230E09

secondary

#285560

accent

#C4E246

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#E9E7E7

border

#C5C3C3

text

#040101

muted

#797777

Preview Lab

Preview with #230E09

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

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