#281A24#281A24

#281A24 is a very dark, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.0% C 0.028 H 337.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A24
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 36)
HSL	hsl(317, 21%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(317, 35%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 10%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.40, 9.06, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.40, 9.94, 335.67°)
OKLab	oklab(23.97% 0.0261 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(23.97% 0.028 337.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.5629, 1.3173, 1.8407)
Luminance	0.0132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A24 #1A281E

analogous

#251A28 #281A24 #281A1D

triadic

#281A24 #24281A #1A2428

tetradic

#281A24 #28251A #1A281E #1A1D28

square

#281A24 #28251A #1A281E #1A1D28

split-complementary

#281A24 #1D281A #1A2825

monochromatic

#130C11 #130C11 #281A24 #4D3245 #724A67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.62

#281A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A24

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A24	1.00	16.62	1.26	16.62
#FFFFFF	16.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E1F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A1A1D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.0% 0.028 337.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62565e',
    500: '#281a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a24;
$custom-light: #62565e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.143,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23971,
    "c": 0.02823,
    "h": 337.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A24

secondary

#435B4A

accent

#BE826A

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050304

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A24

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

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