#2A1216#2A1216

#2A1216 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 21.9% C 0.040 H 10.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1216
RGB	rgb(42, 18, 22)
HSL	hsl(350, 40%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(350, 57%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 47.6%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.85, 12.96, 2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.85, 13.23, 11.68°)
OKLab	oklab(21.92% 0.0393 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(21.92% 0.04 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.3160, 0.9829, 0.8793)
Luminance	0.0098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1216 #122A26

analogous

#2A1222 #2A1216 #2A1A12

triadic

#2A1216 #162A12 #12162A

tetradic

#2A1216 #222A12 #122A26 #1A122A

square

#2A1216 #222A12 #122A26 #1A122A

split-complementary

#2A1216 #122A1A #12222A

monochromatic

#15090B #15090B #2A1216 #55242C #803743

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.55

#2A1216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#2A1216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1216

17.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1216	1.00	17.55	1.20	17.55
#FFFFFF	17.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#161616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C1B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E1013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 18, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.9% 0.040 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655052',
    500: '#2a1216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1216;
$custom-light: #655052;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21922,
    "c": 0.03994,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1216

secondary

#37615A

accent

#D0BC58

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#060202

muted

#7A7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1216

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

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