#281616#281616

#281616 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.5% C 0.029 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281616
RGB	rgb(40, 22, 22)
HSL	hsl(0, 29%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(0, 45%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45%, 45%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.66, 9.16, 3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.66, 9.92, 22.54°)
OKLab	oklab(22.47% 0.0278 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(22.47% 0.029 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.3069, 1.0830, 0.8991)
Luminance	0.0108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281616 #162828

analogous

#28161F #281616 #281F16

triadic

#281616 #162816 #161628

tetradic

#281616 #1F2816 #162828 #1F1628

square

#281616 #1F2816 #162828 #1F1628

split-complementary

#281616 #16281F #161F28

monochromatic

#140B0B #140B0B #281616 #4F2C2C #774141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.26

#281616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#281616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281616

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281616	1.00	17.26	1.22	17.26
#FFFFFF	17.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E1C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B1416

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 22, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.5% 0.029 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635352',
    500: '#281616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281616;
$custom-light: #635352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22474,
    "c": 0.02949,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281616

secondary

#3D5D5D

accent

#C5C562

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#EAE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050202

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281616

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

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