#2C181C#2C181C

#2C181C is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.033 H 6.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C181C
RGB	rgb(44, 24, 28)
HSL	hsl(348, 29%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(348, 45%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 36.4%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.08, 10.73, 1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.08, 10.83, 7.66°)
OKLab	oklab(23.76% 0.0325 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(23.76% 0.033 6.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.5750, 1.2727, 1.2611)
Luminance	0.0127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C181C #182C28

analogous

#2C1826 #2C181C #2C1E18

triadic

#2C181C #1C2C18 #181C2C

tetradic

#2C181C #262C18 #182C28 #1E182C

square

#2C181C #262C18 #182C28 #1E182C

split-complementary

#2C181C #182C1E #18262C

monochromatic

#140B0D #140B0D #2C181C #542E35 #7B434E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.74

#2C181C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#2C181C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C181C

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C181C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C181C	1.00	16.74	1.25	16.74
#FFFFFF	16.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#201F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F1619

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c181c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 24, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.033 6.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665557',
    500: '#2c181c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c181c;
$custom-light: #665557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c181c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23761,
    "c": 0.03275,
    "h": 6.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C181C

secondary

#3F605A

accent

#C6B262

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7E9

border

#C6C3C5

text

#060303

muted

#7A7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C181C

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

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