#280D09#280D09

#280D09 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.2% C 0.046 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D09
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 9)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.85, 13.49, 6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.85, 15.13, 26.85°)
OKLab	oklab(20.17% 0.0401 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(20.17% 0.046 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.0684, 0.7588, 0.3486)
Luminance	0.0076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D09 #092428

analogous

#280915 #280D09 #281D09

triadic

#280D09 #09280D #0D0928

tetradic

#280D09 #152809 #092428 #1D0928

square

#280D09 #152809 #092428 #1D0928

split-complementary

#280D09 #09281D #091528

monochromatic

#190806 #190806 #280D09 #5A1D14 #8C2D1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.23

#280D09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#280D09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D09

18.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D09	1.00	18.23	1.15	18.23
#FFFFFF	18.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#141209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A1708

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D080C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.2% 0.046 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634c4b',
    500: '#280d09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d09;
$custom-light: #634c4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20173,
    "c": 0.04649,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D09

secondary

#275E66

accent

#D1E641

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050101

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D09

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

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