#280909#280909

#280909 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.4% C 0.052 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280909
RGB	rgb(40, 9, 9)
HSL	hsl(0, 63%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.02, 15.46, 5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.02, 16.45, 19.95°)
OKLab	oklab(19.44% 0.0481 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(19.44% 0.052 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.0222, 0.6663, 0.3332)
Luminance	0.0067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280909 #092828

analogous

#280919 #280909 #281909

triadic

#280909 #092809 #090928

tetradic

#280909 #192809 #092828 #190928

square

#280909 #192809 #092828 #190928

split-complementary

#280909 #092819 #091928

monochromatic

#190606 #190606 #280909 #5A1414 #8C1F1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.53

#280909 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#280909 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280909

18.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280909	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280909	1.00	18.53	1.13	18.53
#FFFFFF	18.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#110F09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191608

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D0409

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280909;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 9, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.4% 0.052 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644a4b',
    500: '#280909',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280909;
$custom-light: #644a4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280909",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19444,
    "c": 0.05232,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280909

secondary

#276666

accent

#E6E641

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050101

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #280909

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

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