#281112#281112

#281112 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.2% C 0.038 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281112
RGB	rgb(40, 17, 18)
HSL	hsl(357, 40%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(357, 58%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 55%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.09, 12.09, 4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.09, 12.79, 19.10°)
OKLab	oklab(21.23% 0.0365 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(21.23% 0.038 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.1848, 0.8958, 0.6827)
Luminance	0.0090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281112 #112827

analogous

#28111D #281112 #281B11

triadic

#281112 #122811 #111228

tetradic

#281112 #1D2811 #112827 #1B1128

square

#281112 #1D2811 #112827 #1B1128

split-complementary

#281112 #11281B #111D28

monochromatic

#15090A #15090A #281112 #532325 #7E3639

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.81

#281112 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#281112 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281112

17.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281112	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281112	1.00	17.81	1.18	17.81
#FFFFFF	17.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#161512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B1912

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C0E11

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281112;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 17, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.2% 0.038 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#634f4f',
    500: '#281112',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281112;
$custom-light: #634f4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281112",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.391,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 11.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21232,
    "c": 0.03837,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281112

secondary

#355F5E

accent

#D0CB58

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050202

muted

#7A7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281112

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

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