#2B0509#2B0509

#2B0509 is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 19.4% C 0.063 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B0509
RGB	rgb(43, 5, 9)
HSL	hsl(354, 79%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(354, 88%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 88.4%, 79.1%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.80, 19.14, 5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.80, 19.87, 15.64°)
OKLab	oklab(19.37% 0.0599 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(19.37% 0.063 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.1000, 0.6420, 0.3244)
Luminance	0.0064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B0509 #052B27

analogous

#2B051C #2B0509 #2B1405

triadic

#2B0509 #092B05 #05092B

tetradic

#2B0509 #1C2B05 #052B27 #14052B

square

#2B0509 #1C2B05 #052B27 #14052B

split-complementary

#2B0509 #052B14 #051C2B

monochromatic

#1B0306 #1B0306 #2B0509 #620B14 #991220

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.61

#2B0509 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#2B0509 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B0509

18.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B0509	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B0509	1.00	18.61	1.13	18.61
#FFFFFF	18.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F0E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191608

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#300007

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b0509;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 5, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.4% 0.063 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67484b',
    500: '#2b0509',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b0509;
$custom-light: #67484b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b0509",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19371,
    "c": 0.06322,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B0509

secondary

#1F6D64

accent

#F6E132

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE6E7

border

#C6C2C3

text

#060001

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B0509

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

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