#281E20#281E20

#281E20 is a very dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.8% C 0.016 H 4.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E20
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 32)
HSL	hsl(348, 14%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(348, 25%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 20%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.51, 5.28, 0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.51, 5.30, 5.26°)
OKLab	oklab(24.78% 0.0159 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(24.78% 0.016 4.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.6001, 1.4840, 1.5684)
Luminance	0.0148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E20 #1E2826

analogous

#281E25 #281E20 #28211E

triadic

#281E20 #20281E #1E2028

tetradic

#281E20 #25281E #1E2826 #211E28

square

#281E20 #25281E #1E2826 #211E28

split-complementary

#281E20 #1E2821 #1E2528

monochromatic

#110D0E #110D0E #281E20 #4B383C #6E5258

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.19

#281E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#281E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E20

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E20	1.00	16.19	1.30	16.19
#FFFFFF	16.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F2020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#222120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A1D1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.8% 0.016 4.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62595b',
    500: '#281e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e20;
$custom-light: #62595b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24775,
    "c": 0.01594,
    "h": 4.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E20

secondary

#495956

accent

#B7A971

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050304

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E20

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

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