#280B0E#280B0E

#280B0E is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.9% C 0.049 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280B0E
RGB	rgb(40, 11, 14)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 65%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.52, 15.12, 4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.52, 15.67, 15.26°)
OKLab	oklab(19.93% 0.0468 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(19.93% 0.049 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.0741, 0.7223, 0.4982)
Luminance	0.0072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280B0E #0B2825

analogous

#280B1D #280B0E #28160B

triadic

#280B0E #0E280B #0B0E28

tetradic

#280B0E #1D280B #0B2825 #160B28

square

#280B0E #1D280B #0B2825 #160B28

split-complementary

#280B0E #0B2816 #0B1D28

monochromatic

#180708 #180708 #280B0E #58181F #882530

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.35

#280B0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#280B0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280B0E

18.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280B0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280B0E	1.00	18.35	1.14	18.35
#FFFFFF	18.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12110E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19170D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C070C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280b0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 11, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.9% 0.049 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#644b4d',
    500: '#280b0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280b0e;
$custom-light: #644b4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280b0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.793,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19932,
    "c": 0.04874,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280B0E

secondary

#2B645E

accent

#E0D048

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050101

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #280B0E

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

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