#280D12#280D12

#280D12 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.4% C 0.046 H 10.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280D12
RGB	rgb(40, 13, 18)
HSL	hsl(349, 51%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(349, 68%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 55%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.07, 14.61, 2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.07, 14.86, 10.46°)
OKLab	oklab(20.43% 0.0448 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(20.43% 0.046 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.1282, 0.7828, 0.6638)
Luminance	0.0078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280D12 #0D2823

analogous

#280D1F #280D12 #28150D

triadic

#280D12 #12280D #0D1228

tetradic

#280D12 #1F280D #0D2823 #150D28

square

#280D12 #1F280D #0D2823 #150D28

split-complementary

#280D12 #0D2815 #0D1F28

monochromatic

#17080A #17080A #280D12 #561C27 #842B3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.16

#280D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#280D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280D12

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280D12	1.00	18.16	1.16	18.16
#FFFFFF	18.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#121212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191811

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C0A0F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 13, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.4% 0.046 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634c50',
    500: '#280d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280d12;
$custom-light: #634c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.889,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2043,
    "c": 0.04557,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280D12

secondary

#2F6259

accent

#DAC04D

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050102

muted

#7A7778

Preview Lab

Preview with #280D12

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

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