#2C040B#2C040B

#2C040B is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 19.5% C 0.066 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C040B
RGB	rgb(44, 4, 11)
HSL	hsl(350, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(350, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 90.9%, 75%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.84, 20.40, 4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.84, 20.91, 12.76°)
OKLab	oklab(19.47% 0.0642 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(19.47% 0.066 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.1426, 0.6466, 0.3812)
Luminance	0.0065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C040B #042C25

analogous

#2C041F #2C040B #2C1104

triadic

#2C040B #0B2C04 #040B2C

tetradic

#2C040B #1F2C04 #042C25 #11042C

square

#2C040B #1F2C04 #042C25 #11042C

split-complementary

#2C040B #042C11 #041F2C

monochromatic

#1C0307 #1C0307 #2C040B #640919 #9C0E27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.60

#2C040B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#2C040B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C040B

18.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C040B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C040B	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)

#0E0D0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19160A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#310007

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c040b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 4, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.5% 0.066 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68484c',
    500: '#2c040b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c040b;
$custom-light: #68484c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c040b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.5,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.1947,
    "c": 0.06637,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C040B

secondary

#1D6F60

accent

#FAD62E

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE6E7

border

#C6C2C3

text

#060001

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C040B

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

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