#2A161B#2A161B

#2A161B is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.0% C 0.033 H 3.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A161B
RGB	rgb(42, 22, 27)
HSL	hsl(345, 31%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(345, 48%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 35.7%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.15, 11.00, 0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.15, 11.03, 4.15°)
OKLab	oklab(22.97% 0.0333 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(22.97% 0.033 3.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.4396, 1.1453, 1.1819)
Luminance	0.0115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A161B #162A25

analogous

#2A1625 #2A161B #2A1B16

triadic

#2A161B #1B2A16 #161B2A

tetradic

#2A161B #252A16 #162A25 #1B162A

square

#2A161B #252A16 #162A25 #1B162A

split-complementary

#2A161B #162A1B #16252A

monochromatic

#140B0D #140B0D #2A161B #522B35 #7A404F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.09

#2A161B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#2A161B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A161B

17.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A161B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A161B	1.00	17.09	1.23	17.09
#FFFFFF	17.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E1D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D1518

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a161b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 22, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.0% 0.033 3.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645357',
    500: '#2a161b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a161b;
$custom-light: #645357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a161b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22967,
    "c": 0.03339,
    "h": 3.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A161B

secondary

#3D5F56

accent

#C7AE60

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7E9

border

#C6C3C5

text

#050203

muted

#7A7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A161B

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

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