#2C1818#2C1818

#2C1818 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.032 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C1818
RGB	rgb(44, 24, 24)
HSL	hsl(0, 29%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(0, 45%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 45.5%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.96, 10.07, 4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.96, 10.92, 22.83°)
OKLab	oklab(23.62% 0.0305 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(23.62% 0.032 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.5303, 1.2548, 1.0256)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C1818 #182C2C

analogous

#2C1822 #2C1818 #2C2218

triadic

#2C1818 #182C18 #18182C

tetradic

#2C1818 #222C18 #182C2C #22182C

square

#2C1818 #222C18 #182C2C #22182C

split-complementary

#2C1818 #182C22 #18222C

monochromatic

#140B0B #140B0B #2C1818 #542E2E #7B4343

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.79

#2C1818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#2C1818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C1818

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C1818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C1818	1.00	16.79	1.25	16.79
#FFFFFF	16.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#211F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#301618

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c1818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 24, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.032 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665554',
    500: '#2c1818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c1818;
$custom-light: #665554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c1818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23622,
    "c": 0.03241,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C1818

secondary

#3F6060

accent

#C6C662

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#060302

muted

#7A7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C1818

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

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