#281A1A#281A1A

#281A1A is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.022 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A1A
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 26)
HSL	hsl(0, 21%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(0, 35%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 35%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.03, 6.97, 2.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.03, 7.50, 21.65°)
OKLab	oklab(23.56% 0.0213 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(23.56% 0.022 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.4310, 1.2646, 1.1458)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A1A #1A2828

analogous

#281A21 #281A1A #28211A

triadic

#281A1A #1A281A #1A1A28

tetradic

#281A1A #21281A #1A2828 #211A28

square

#281A1A #21281A #1A2828 #211A28

split-complementary

#281A1A #1A2821 #1A2128

monochromatic

#130C0C #130C0C #281A1A #4D3232 #724A4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.76

#281A1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#281A1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A1A

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A1A	1.00	16.76	1.25	16.76
#FFFFFF	16.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#201F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B191A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.022 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625656',
    500: '#281a1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a1a;
$custom-light: #625656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23563,
    "c": 0.02246,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A1A

secondary

#435B5B

accent

#BEBE6A

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050303

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A1A

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

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