#280E0E#280E0E

#280E0E is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.5% C 0.044 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E0E
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 14)
HSL	hsl(0, 48%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 65%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.20, 13.49, 5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.20, 14.43, 20.73°)
OKLab	oklab(20.5% 0.0407 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(20.5% 0.044 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.1115, 0.7970, 0.5107)
Luminance	0.0080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E0E #0E2828

analogous

#280E1B #280E0E #281B0E

triadic

#280E0E #0E280E #0E0E28

tetradic

#280E0E #1B280E #0E2828 #1B0E28

square

#280E0E #1B280E #0E2828 #1B0E28

split-complementary

#280E0E #0E281B #0E1B28

monochromatic

#170808 #170808 #280E0E #551E1E #832E2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.11

#280E0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#280E0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E0E

18.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E0E	1.00	18.11	1.16	18.11
#FFFFFF	18.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14130E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A180D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C0A0E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.5% 0.044 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634d4d',
    500: '#280e0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e0e;
$custom-light: #634d4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20497,
    "c": 0.04379,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E0E

secondary

#306161

accent

#D8D850

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050101

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E0E

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

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