#280808#280808

#280808 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 19.2% C 0.054 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280808
RGB	rgb(40, 8, 8)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(0, 80%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 80%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.80, 15.79, 5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.80, 16.79, 19.86°)
OKLab	oklab(19.24% 0.0495 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(19.24% 0.054 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.0058, 0.6425, 0.3007)
Luminance	0.0064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280808 #082828

analogous

#280818 #280808 #281808

triadic

#280808 #082808 #080828

tetradic

#280808 #182808 #082828 #180828

square

#280808 #182808 #082828 #180828

split-complementary

#280808 #082818 #081828

monochromatic

#1A0505 #1A0505 #280808 #5B1212 #8E1C1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.61

#280808 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#280808 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280808

18.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280808	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280808	1.00	18.61	1.13	18.61
#FFFFFF	18.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#100E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181507

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D0308

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280808;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 8, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.2% 0.054 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644a4a',
    500: '#280808',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280808;
$custom-light: #644a4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280808",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19237,
    "c": 0.05406,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280808

secondary

#256767

accent

#EAEA3E

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#060101

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #280808

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

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