#280C12#280C12

#280C12 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.2% C 0.047 H 9.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280C12
RGB	rgb(40, 12, 18)
HSL	hsl(347, 54%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(347, 70%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 55%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.85, 15.16, 2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.85, 15.35, 8.88°)
OKLab	oklab(20.24% 0.0468 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(20.24% 0.047 9)
XYZ	xyz(1.1158, 0.7579, 0.6597)
Luminance	0.0076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280C12 #0C2822

analogous

#280C20 #280C12 #28140C

triadic

#280C12 #12280C #0C1228

tetradic

#280C12 #20280C #0C2822 #140C28

square

#280C12 #20280C #0C2822 #140C28

split-complementary

#280C12 #0C2814 #0C2028

monochromatic

#18070B #18070B #280C12 #571A27 #86283C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.24

#280C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#280C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280C12

18.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280C12	1.00	18.24	1.15	18.24
#FFFFFF	18.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#121212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191711

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C090E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 12, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.2% 0.047 9.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634c50',
    500: '#280c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280c12;
$custom-light: #634c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.143,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20244,
    "c": 0.04741,
    "h": 9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280C12

secondary

#2D6357

accent

#DDBE4B

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050102

muted

#7A7778

Preview Lab

Preview with #280C12

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

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