#280E09#280E09

#280E09 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.4% C 0.045 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E09
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 9)
HSL	hsl(10, 63%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(10, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.09, 12.93, 7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.09, 14.79, 29.03°)
OKLab	oklab(20.37% 0.0381 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(20.37% 0.045 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.0815, 0.7850, 0.3530)
Luminance	0.0078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E09 #092328

analogous

#280914 #280E09 #281E09

triadic

#280E09 #09280E #0E0928

tetradic

#280E09 #142809 #092328 #1E0928

square

#280E09 #142809 #092328 #1E0928

split-complementary

#280E09 #09281E #091428

monochromatic

#190906 #190906 #280E09 #5A1F14 #8C311F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.15

#280E09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#280E09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E09

18.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E09	1.00	18.15	1.16	18.15
#FFFFFF	18.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#151209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B1809

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D090D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.4% 0.045 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634d4b',
    500: '#280e09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e09;
$custom-light: #634d4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.677,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20371,
    "c": 0.04512,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E09

secondary

#275C66

accent

#CCE641

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050101

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E09

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

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