#281618#281618

#281618 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.5% C 0.030 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281618
RGB	rgb(40, 22, 24)
HSL	hsl(353, 29%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(353, 45%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45%, 40%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.73, 9.50, 2.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.73, 9.80, 14.23°)
OKLab	oklab(22.54% 0.0288 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(22.54% 0.03 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3269, 1.0910, 1.0047)
Luminance	0.0109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281618 #162826

analogous

#281621 #281618 #281D16

triadic

#281618 #182816 #161828

tetradic

#281618 #212816 #162826 #1D1628

square

#281618 #212816 #162826 #1D1628

split-complementary

#281618 #16281D #162128

monochromatic

#140B0C #140B0C #281618 #4F2C30 #774147

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.24

#281618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#281618 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281618

17.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281618	1.00	17.24	1.22	17.24
#FFFFFF	17.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D1C18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B1417

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 22, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.5% 0.030 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625354',
    500: '#281618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281618;
$custom-light: #625354;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22543,
    "c": 0.02951,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281618

secondary

#3D5D59

accent

#C5BA62

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#EAE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050202

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281618

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

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