#280809#280809

#280809 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 19.3% C 0.054 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280809
RGB	rgb(40, 8, 9)
HSL	hsl(358, 67%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(358, 80%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.82, 15.91, 5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.82, 16.78, 18.50°)
OKLab	oklab(19.26% 0.0501 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(19.26% 0.054 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.0113, 0.6446, 0.3296)
Luminance	0.0065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280809 #082827

analogous

#280819 #280809 #281708

triadic

#280809 #092808 #080928

tetradic

#280809 #192808 #082827 #170828

square

#280809 #192808 #082827 #170828

split-complementary

#280809 #082817 #081928

monochromatic

#1A0506 #1A0506 #280809 #5B1214 #8E1C20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.60

#280809 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#280809 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280809

18.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280809	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280809	1.00	18.60	1.13	18.60
#FFFFFF	18.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#100F09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181508

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D0309

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280809;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 8, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.3% 0.054 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644a4b',
    500: '#280809',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280809;
$custom-light: #644a4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280809",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.125,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19264,
    "c": 0.05392,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280809

secondary

#256764

accent

#EAE43E

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#060101

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #280809

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

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