#281C1A#281C1A

#281C1A is a very dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.019 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C1A
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 26)
HSL	hsl(9, 21%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(9, 35%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 35%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.66, 5.53, 3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.66, 6.64, 33.62°)
OKLab	oklab(24.06% 0.017 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(24.06% 0.019 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.4768, 1.3563, 1.1611)
Luminance	0.0136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C1A #1A2628

analogous

#281A1F #281C1A #28231A

triadic

#281C1A #1A281C #1C1A28

tetradic

#281C1A #1F281A #1A2628 #231A28

square

#281C1A #1F281A #1A2628 #231A28

split-complementary

#281C1A #1A2823 #1A1F28

monochromatic

#130D0C #130D0C #281C1A #4D3632 #72504A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.52

#281C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#281C1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C1A

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C1A	1.00	16.52	1.27	16.52
#FFFFFF	16.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21201A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B1B1B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.019 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625856',
    500: '#281c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c1a;
$custom-light: #625856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24057,
    "c": 0.01949,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C1A

secondary

#43575B

accent

#B2BE6A

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050303

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C1A

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

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