#2E1818#2E1818

#2E1818 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.036 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E1818
RGB	rgb(46, 24, 24)
HSL	hsl(0, 31%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(0, 48%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 47.8%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.28, 11.06, 4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.28, 12.03, 23.18°)
OKLab	oklab(23.94% 0.0334 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(23.94% 0.036 20)
XYZ	xyz(1.6183, 1.3002, 1.0297)
Luminance	0.0130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E1818 #182E2E

analogous

#2E1823 #2E1818 #2E2318

triadic

#2E1818 #182E18 #18182E

tetradic

#2E1818 #232E18 #182E2E #23182E

square

#2E1818 #232E18 #182E2E #23182E

split-complementary

#2E1818 #182E23 #18232E

monochromatic

#140A0A #140A0A #2E1818 #562D2D #7E4242

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.67

#2E1818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#2E1818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E1818

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E1818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E1818	1.00	16.67	1.26	16.67
#FFFFFF	16.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#222018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#321518

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e1818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 24, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.036 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685554',
    500: '#2e1818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e1818;
$custom-light: #685554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e1818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23937,
    "c": 0.03559,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E1818

secondary

#3F6363

accent

#C8C860

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#060302

muted

#7A7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E1818

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

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