#2C1916#2C1916

#2C1916 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.031 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C1916
RGB	rgb(44, 25, 22)
HSL	hsl(8, 33%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(8, 50%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 50%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.20, 9.05, 6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.20, 10.89, 33.74°)
OKLab	oklab(23.79% 0.0273 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(23.79% 0.031 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.5312, 1.2888, 0.9270)
Luminance	0.0129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C1916 #16292C

analogous

#2C161E #2C1916 #2C2416

triadic

#2C1916 #162C19 #19162C

tetradic

#2C1916 #1E2C16 #16292C #24162C

square

#2C1916 #1E2C16 #16292C #24162C

split-complementary

#2C1916 #162C24 #161E2C

monochromatic

#140C0A #140C0A #2C1916 #55302A #7E473F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.70

#2C1916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#2C1916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C1916

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C1916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C1916	1.00	16.70	1.26	16.70
#FFFFFF	16.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#221F16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#301618

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c1916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 25, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.031 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665552',
    500: '#2c1916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c1916;
$custom-light: #665552;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c1916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23789,
    "c": 0.03135,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C1916

secondary

#3C5C61

accent

#BBC95E

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE8E7

border

#C6C4C3

text

#060302

muted

#7A7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C1916

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

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