#280609#280609

#280609 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 18.9% C 0.057 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280609
RGB	rgb(40, 6, 9)
HSL	hsl(355, 74%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(355, 85%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.43, 16.81, 4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.43, 17.47, 15.79°)
OKLab	oklab(18.89% 0.0544 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(18.89% 0.057 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(0.9896, 0.6012, 0.3223)
Luminance	0.0060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280609 #062825

analogous

#28061A #280609 #281406

triadic

#280609 #092806 #060928

tetradic

#280609 #1A2806 #062825 #140628

square

#280609 #1A2806 #062825 #140628

split-complementary

#280609 #062814 #061A28

monochromatic

#1B0406 #1B0406 #280609 #5D0E15 #921621

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.75

#280609 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.12

#280609 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280609

18.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280609	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280609	1.00	18.75	1.12	18.75
#FFFFFF	18.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F0D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#171508

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D0107

Achromatopsia (no color)

#121212

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280609;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 6, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.9% 0.057 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64494b',
    500: '#280609',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280609;
$custom-light: #64494b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280609",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 6,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 9.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18893,
    "c": 0.05742,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280609

secondary

#216962

accent

#F1E037

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE6E7

border

#C6C2C3

text

#060101

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #280609

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

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