#281A20#281A20

#281A20 is a very dark, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.025 H 351.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A20
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 32)
HSL	hsl(334, 21%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(334, 35%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 20%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.24, 8.17, -1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.24, 8.28, 350.44°)
OKLab	oklab(23.79% 0.0242 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(23.79% 0.025 351.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.5052, 1.2943, 1.5368)
Luminance	0.0129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A20 #1A2822

analogous

#281A27 #281A20 #281B1A

triadic

#281A20 #20281A #1A2028

tetradic

#281A20 #27281A #1A2822 #1B1A28

square

#281A20 #27281A #1A2822 #1B1A28

split-complementary

#281A20 #1A281B #1A2728

monochromatic

#130C0F #130C0F #281A20 #4D323E #724A5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.68

#281A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A20

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A20	1.00	16.68	1.26	16.68
#FFFFFF	16.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F1F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A1A1C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.025 351.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62565b',
    500: '#281a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a20;
$custom-light: #62565b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.286,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23794,
    "c": 0.0245,
    "h": 351.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A20

secondary

#435B51

accent

#BE9A6A

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050304

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A20

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

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