#2A1818#2A1818

#2A1818 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.029 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A1818
RGB	rgb(42, 24, 24)
HSL	hsl(0, 27%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(0, 43%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 42.9%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.64, 9.07, 3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.64, 9.81, 22.49°)
OKLab	oklab(23.31% 0.0275 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(23.31% 0.029 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.4464, 1.2116, 1.0216)
Luminance	0.0121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A1818 #182A2A

analogous

#2A1821 #2A1818 #2A2118

triadic

#2A1818 #182A18 #18182A

tetradic

#2A1818 #212A18 #182A2A #21182A

square

#2A1818 #212A18 #182A2A #21182A

split-complementary

#2A1818 #182A21 #18212A

monochromatic

#130B0B #130B0B #2A1818 #512E2E #784545

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.91

#2A1818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#2A1818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A1818

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A1818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A1818	1.00	16.91	1.24	16.91
#FFFFFF	16.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#201E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D1618

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a1818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 24, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.029 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645554',
    500: '#2a1818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a1818;
$custom-light: #645554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a1818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23313,
    "c": 0.0292,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A1818

secondary

#405E5E

accent

#C4C464

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050302

muted

#7A7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A1818

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

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