#2B1009#2B1009

#2B1009 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.047 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B1009
RGB	rgb(43, 16, 9)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 79.1%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.16, 13.26, 8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.16, 15.92, 33.60°)
OKLab	oklab(21.33% 0.0382 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(21.33% 0.047 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.2310, 0.9040, 0.3681)
Luminance	0.0090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B1009 #09242B

analogous

#2B0913 #2B1009 #2B2109

triadic

#2B1009 #092B10 #10092B

tetradic

#2B1009 #132B09 #09242B #21092B

square

#2B1009 #132B09 #09242B #21092B

split-complementary

#2B1009 #092B21 #09132B

monochromatic

#190905 #190905 #2B1009 #5E2314 #90361E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.78

#2B1009 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#2B1009 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B1009

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B1009	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B1009	1.00	17.78	1.18	17.78
#FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#171408

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E1A09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#300B0E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b1009;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 16, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.047 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#664f4b',
    500: '#2b1009',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b1009;
$custom-light: #664f4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b1009",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.353,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21333,
    "c": 0.04704,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B1009

secondary

#275B69

accent

#C6E83F

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#060101

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B1009

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

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