#280E12#280E12

#280E12 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.6% C 0.044 H 12.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#280E12
RGB	rgb(40, 14, 18)
HSL	hsl(351, 48%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(351, 65%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 55%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.31, 14.04, 3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.31, 14.36, 12.23°)
OKLab	oklab(20.62% 0.0428 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(20.62% 0.044 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.1414, 0.8090, 0.6682)
Luminance	0.0081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#280E12 #0E2824

analogous

#280E1F #280E12 #28170E

triadic

#280E12 #12280E #0E1228

tetradic

#280E12 #1F280E #0E2824 #170E28

square

#280E12 #1F280E #0E2824 #170E28

split-complementary

#280E12 #0E2817 #0E1F28

monochromatic

#17080A #17080A #280E12 #551E26 #832E3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.08

#280E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#280E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #280E12

18.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##280E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##280E12	1.00	18.08	1.16	18.08
#FFFFFF	18.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#131312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A1811

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C0B0F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #280e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 14, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.6% 0.044 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634d50',
    500: '#280e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #280e12;
$custom-light: #634d50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#280e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20622,
    "c": 0.04375,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#280E12

secondary

#30615A

accent

#D8C350

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050102

muted

#7A7778

Preview Lab

Preview with #280E12

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

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