#2A0909#2A0909

#2A0909 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.9% C 0.055 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A0909
RGB	rgb(42, 9, 9)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(0, 79%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 78.6%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.39, 16.65, 6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.39, 17.77, 20.42°)
OKLab	oklab(19.86% 0.0506 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(19.86% 0.055 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.1019, 0.7075, 0.3369)
Luminance	0.0071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2A0909 #092A2A

analogous

#2A091A #2A0909 #2A1A09

triadic

#2A0909 #092A09 #09092A

tetradic

#2A0909 #1A2A09 #092A2A #19092A

square

#2A0909 #1A2A09 #092A2A #19092A

split-complementary

#2A0909 #092A1A #09192A

monochromatic

#190505 #190505 #2A0909 #5C1414 #8F1F1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.40

#2A0909 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#2A0909 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A0909

18.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A0909	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A0909	1.00	18.40	1.14	18.40
#FFFFFF	18.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#121009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A1708

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F0409

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a0909;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 9, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.9% 0.055 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664a4b',
    500: '#2a0909',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a0909;
$custom-light: #664a4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a0909",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19858,
    "c": 0.05521,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A0909

secondary

#276868

accent

#E8E840

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#060101

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A0909

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

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