#2C040E#2C040E

#2C040E is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.6% C 0.067 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C040E
RGB	rgb(44, 4, 14)
HSL	hsl(345, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(345, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 90.9%, 68.2%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.91, 20.73, 3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.91, 20.99, 9.09°)
OKLab	oklab(19.56% 0.0657 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(19.56% 0.067 10)
XYZ	xyz(1.1615, 0.6542, 0.4805)
Luminance	0.0065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C040E #042C22

analogous

#2C0422 #2C040E #2C0E04

triadic

#2C040E #0E2C04 #040E2C

tetradic

#2C040E #222C04 #042C22 #0E042C

square

#2C040E #222C04 #042C22 #0E042C

split-complementary

#2C040E #042C0E #04222C

monochromatic

#1C0309 #1C0309 #2C040E #640920 #9C0E32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.57

#2C040E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#2C040E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C040E

18.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C040E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C040E	1.00	18.57	1.13	18.57
#FFFFFF	18.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E0E0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18160D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#310008

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c040e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 4, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.6% 0.067 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68484d',
    500: '#2c040e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c040e;
$custom-light: #68484d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c040e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19559,
    "c": 0.06672,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.00654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C040E

secondary

#1D6F5A

accent

#FAC72E

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE6E7

border

#C6C2C3

text

#060001

muted

#7A7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C040E

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