#281E1E#281E1E

#281E1E is a very dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.016 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E1E
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 30)
HSL	hsl(0, 14%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(0, 25%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 25%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.44, 4.86, 1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.44, 5.20, 20.84°)
OKLab	oklab(24.7% 0.0149 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(24.7% 0.016 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.5737, 1.4735, 1.4296)
Luminance	0.0147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E1E #1E2828

analogous

#281E23 #281E1E #28231E

triadic

#281E1E #1E281E #1E1E28

tetradic

#281E1E #23281E #1E2828 #231E28

square

#281E1E #23281E #1E2828 #231E28

split-complementary

#281E1E #1E2823 #1E2328

monochromatic

#110D0D #110D0D #281E1E #4B3838 #6E5252

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.22

#281E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#281E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E1E

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E1E	1.00	16.22	1.29	16.22
#FFFFFF	16.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22211E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A1D1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.016 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625959',
    500: '#281e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e1e;
$custom-light: #625959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.247,
    "c": 0.01565,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E1E

secondary

#495959

accent

#B7B771

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050303

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E1E

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

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