#280C0E#280C0E

#280C0E is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.1% C 0.047 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C0E
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 14)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 65%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.74, 14.61, 4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.74, 15.26, 16.89°)
OKLab	oklab(20.11% 0.0448 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(20.11% 0.047 18)
XYZ	xyz(1.0859, 0.7459, 0.5022)
Luminance	0.0075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C0E #0C2826

analogous

#280C1C #280C0E #28180C

triadic

#280C0E #0E280C #0C0E28

tetradic

#280C0E #1C280C #0C2826 #180C28

square

#280C0E #1C280C #0C2826 #180C28

split-complementary

#280C0E #0C2818 #0C1C28

monochromatic

#180708 #180708 #280C0E #571A1E #86282F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.27

#280C0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#280C0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C0E

18.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C0E	1.00	18.27	1.15	18.27
#FFFFFF	18.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12110E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19170D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C080D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.1% 0.047 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634c4d',
    500: '#280c0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c0e;
$custom-light: #634c4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20114,
    "c": 0.04708,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.00746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C0E

secondary

#2D635F

accent

#DDD34B

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050101

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C0E

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

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