#2E181A#2E181A

#2E181A is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.0% C 0.036 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E181A
RGB	rgb(46, 24, 26)
HSL	hsl(355, 31%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(355, 48%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 43.5%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.34, 11.37, 3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.34, 11.85, 16.36°)
OKLab	oklab(24% 0.0345 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(24% 0.036 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.6399, 1.3088, 1.1433)
Luminance	0.0131 (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

#2E181A #182E2C

analogous

#2E1825 #2E181A #2E2118

triadic

#2E181A #1A2E18 #181A2E

tetradic

#2E181A #252E18 #182E2C #21182E

square

#2E181A #252E18 #182E2C #21182E

split-complementary

#2E181A #182E21 #18252E

monochromatic

#140A0B #140A0B #2E181A #562D31 #7E4247

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.64

#2E181A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#2E181A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E181A

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E181A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E181A	1.00	16.64	1.26	16.64
#FFFFFF	16.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21201A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#321619

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e181a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 24, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.0% 0.036 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685556',
    500: '#2e181a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e181a;
$custom-light: #685556;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e181a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24003,
    "c": 0.03555,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E181A

secondary

#3F635F

accent

#C8BE60

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE7E9

border

#C6C3C5

text

#060303

muted

#7A7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E181A

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

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