#281E1C#281E1C

#281E1C is a very dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.016 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E1C
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 28)
HSL	hsl(10, 18%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(10, 30%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 30%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.37, 4.46, 3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.37, 5.50, 35.80°)
OKLab	oklab(24.63% 0.0138 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(24.63% 0.016 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.5490, 1.4636, 1.2993)
Luminance	0.0146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E1C #1C2628

analogous

#281C20 #281E1C #28241C

triadic

#281E1C #1C281E #1E1C28

tetradic

#281E1C #20281C #1C2628 #241C28

square

#281E1C #20281C #1C2628 #241C28

split-complementary

#281E1C #1C2824 #1C2028

monochromatic

#120E0D #120E0D #281E1C #4C3935 #70544E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.24

#281E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#281E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E1C

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E1C	1.00	16.24	1.29	16.24
#FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22211C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A1D1D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.016 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625957',
    500: '#281e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e1c;
$custom-light: #625957;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2463,
    "c": 0.01618,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E1C

secondary

#46565A

accent

#AEBA6D

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050303

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E1C

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

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