#2C040A#2C040A

#2C040A is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 19.4% C 0.066 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C040A
RGB	rgb(44, 4, 10)
HSL	hsl(351, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(351, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 90.9%, 77.3%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.82, 20.30, 5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.82, 20.91, 13.86°)
OKLab	oklab(19.44% 0.0637 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(19.44% 0.066 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.1370, 0.6444, 0.3516)
Luminance	0.0064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C040A #042C26

analogous

#2C041E #2C040A #2C1204

triadic

#2C040A #0A2C04 #040A2C

tetradic

#2C040A #1E2C04 #042C26 #12042C

square

#2C040A #1E2C04 #042C26 #12042C

split-complementary

#2C040A #042C12 #041E2C

monochromatic

#1C0306 #1C0306 #2C040A #640917 #9C0E24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.60

#2C040A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#2C040A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C040A

18.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C040A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C040A	1.00	18.60	1.13	18.60
#FFFFFF	18.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E0D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191609

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#310006

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c040a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 4, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.4% 0.066 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68484b',
    500: '#2c040a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c040a;
$custom-light: #68484b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c040a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19443,
    "c": 0.06633,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C040A

secondary

#1D6F62

accent

#FADB2E

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE6E7

border

#C6C2C3

text

#060001

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C040A

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

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