#281C1C#281C1C

#281C1C is a very dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.019 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C1C
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 28)
HSL	hsl(0, 18%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(0, 30%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 30%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.73, 5.90, 2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.73, 6.33, 21.23°)
OKLab	oklab(24.13% 0.018 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(24.13% 0.019 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.4999, 1.3655, 1.2829)
Luminance	0.0137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C1C #1C2828

analogous

#281C22 #281C1C #28221C

triadic

#281C1C #1C281C #1C1C28

tetradic

#281C1C #22281C #1C2828 #221C28

square

#281C1C #22281C #1C2828 #221C28

split-complementary

#281C1C #1C2822 #1C2228

monochromatic

#120D0D #120D0D #281C1C #4C3535 #704E4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.50

#281C1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#281C1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C1C

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C1C	1.00	16.50	1.27	16.50
#FFFFFF	16.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21201C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B1B1C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.019 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625857',
    500: '#281c1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c1c;
$custom-light: #625857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24127,
    "c": 0.01902,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C1C

secondary

#465A5A

accent

#BABA6D

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050303

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C1C

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

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