#2A0809#2A0809

#2A0809 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.7% C 0.057 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A0809
RGB	rgb(42, 8, 9)
HSL	hsl(358, 68%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(358, 81%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 78.6%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.19, 17.13, 5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.19, 18.12, 19.05°)
OKLab	oklab(19.69% 0.0526 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(19.69% 0.057 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.0911, 0.6858, 0.3333)
Luminance	0.0069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A0809 #082A29

analogous

#2A081A #2A0809 #2A1808

triadic

#2A0809 #092A08 #08092A

tetradic

#2A0809 #1A2A08 #082A29 #18082A

square

#2A0809 #1A2A08 #082A29 #18082A

split-complementary

#2A0809 #082A18 #081A2A

monochromatic

#1A0506 #1A0506 #2A0809 #5D1214 #911C1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.47

#2A0809 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#2A0809 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A0809

18.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A0809	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A0809	1.00	18.47	1.14	18.47
#FFFFFF	18.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#110F09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191608

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F0309

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a0809;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 8, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.7% 0.057 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664a4b',
    500: '#2a0809',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a0809;
$custom-light: #664a4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a0809",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.235,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19686,
    "c": 0.05676,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A0809

secondary

#256967

accent

#EBE63D

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#060101

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A0809

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

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