#281A1E#281A1E

#281A1E is a very dark, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.023 H 0.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A1E
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 30)
HSL	hsl(343, 21%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(343, 35%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 25%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.16, 7.75, -0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.16, 7.75, 359.99°)
OKLab	oklab(23.71% 0.0233 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(23.71% 0.023 0.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.4788, 1.2837, 1.3979)
Luminance	0.0128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A1E #1A2824

analogous

#281A25 #281A1E #281D1A

triadic

#281A1E #1E281A #1A1E28

tetradic

#281A1E #25281A #1A2824 #1D1A28

square

#281A1E #25281A #1A2824 #1D1A28

split-complementary

#281A1E #1A281D #1A2528

monochromatic

#130C0E #130C0E #281A1E #4D323A #724A56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.71

#281A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281A1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A1E

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A1E	1.00	16.71	1.26	16.71
#FFFFFF	16.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F1F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A191B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.023 0.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625659',
    500: '#281a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a1e;
$custom-light: #625659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.857,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23713,
    "c": 0.02328,
    "h": 0.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A1E

secondary

#435B54

accent

#BEA66A

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050303

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A1E

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

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