#280709#280709

#280709 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 19.1% C 0.056 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280709
RGB	rgb(40, 7, 9)
HSL	hsl(356, 70%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(356, 83%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.63, 16.36, 5.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.63, 17.12, 17.12°)
OKLab	oklab(19.08% 0.0522 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(19.08% 0.056 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.0005, 0.6229, 0.3259)
Luminance	0.0062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280709 #072826

analogous

#28071A #280709 #281607

triadic

#280709 #092807 #070928

tetradic

#280709 #1A2807 #072826 #160728

square

#280709 #1A2807 #072826 #160728

split-complementary

#280709 #072816 #071A28

monochromatic

#1A0506 #1A0506 #280709 #5C1015 #901920

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.67

#280709 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.12

#280709 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280709

18.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280709	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280709	1.00	18.67	1.12	18.67
#FFFFFF	18.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F0E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181508

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D0208

Achromatopsia (no color)

#121212

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280709;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 7, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.1% 0.056 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64494b',
    500: '#280709',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280709;
$custom-light: #64494b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280709",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 7,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.1908,
    "c": 0.05561,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280709

secondary

#236863

accent

#EDE23B

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#060101

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #280709

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

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