#281D22#281D22

#281D22 is a very dark, near-neutral pink. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.019 H 349.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D22
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 34)
HSL	hsl(333, 16%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(333, 28%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 15%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.26, 6.43, -1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.26, 6.57, 348.21°)
OKLab	oklab(24.61% 0.0189 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(24.61% 0.019 349.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.6032, 1.4454, 1.7076)
Luminance	0.0144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D22 #1D2823

analogous

#281D27 #281D22 #281D1D

triadic

#281D22 #22281D #1D2228

tetradic

#281D22 #27281D #1D2823 #1D1D28

square

#281D22 #27281D #1D2823 #1D1D28

split-complementary

#281D22 #1D281D #1D2728

monochromatic

#120D0F #120D0F #281D22 #4B3740 #6F505E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.29

#281D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#281D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D22

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D22	1.00	16.29	1.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	16.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#202122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A1D1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.019 349.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62585c',
    500: '#281d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d22;
$custom-light: #62585c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.727,
    "s": 15.942,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24606,
    "c": 0.01926,
    "h": 349.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D22

secondary

#475951

accent

#B9976F

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050304

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D22

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

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