#2B161A#2B161A

#2B161A is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.1% C 0.035 H 7.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B161A
RGB	rgb(43, 22, 26)
HSL	hsl(349, 32%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(349, 49%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 39.5%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.27, 11.31, 1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.27, 11.45, 8.81°)
OKLab	oklab(23.09% 0.0343 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(23.09% 0.035 7.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.4697, 1.1621, 1.1240)
Luminance	0.0116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B161A #162B27

analogous

#2B1624 #2B161A #2B1C16

triadic

#2B161A #1A2B16 #161A2B

tetradic

#2B161A #242B16 #162B27 #1C162B

square

#2B161A #242B16 #162B27 #1C162B

split-complementary

#2B161A #162B1C #16242B

monochromatic

#140A0C #140A0C #2B161A #532B32 #7C3F4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.04

#2B161A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#2B161A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B161A

17.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B161A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B161A	1.00	17.04	1.23	17.04
#FFFFFF	17.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F1E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E1417

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b161a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 22, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.1% 0.035 7.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655356',
    500: '#2b161a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b161a;
$custom-light: #655356;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b161a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.571,
    "s": 32.308,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23087,
    "c": 0.03461,
    "h": 7.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B161A

secondary

#3D6059

accent

#C8B45F

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7E9

border

#C6C3C5

text

#060203

muted

#7A7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B161A

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

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