#2E181B#2E181B

#2E181B is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.0% C 0.036 H 11.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E181B
RGB	rgb(46, 24, 27)
HSL	hsl(352, 31%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(352, 48%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 41.3%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.37, 11.53, 2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.37, 11.83, 12.90°)
OKLab	oklab(24.04% 0.035 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(24.04% 0.036 11.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.6512, 1.3134, 1.2032)
Luminance	0.0131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E181B #182E2B

analogous

#2E1826 #2E181B #2E2018

triadic

#2E181B #1B2E18 #181B2E

tetradic

#2E181B #262E18 #182E2B #20182E

square

#2E181B #262E18 #182E2B #20182E

split-complementary

#2E181B #182E20 #18262E

monochromatic

#140A0C #140A0C #2E181B #562D33 #7E424A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.63

#2E181B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#2E181B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E181B

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E181B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E181B	1.00	16.63	1.26	16.63
#FFFFFF	16.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21201B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#321619

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e181b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 24, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.0% 0.036 11.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685557',
    500: '#2e181b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e181b;
$custom-light: #685557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e181b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.818,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24037,
    "c": 0.03565,
    "h": 11.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E181B

secondary

#3F635E

accent

#C8BA60

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE8E9

border

#C6C4C5

text

#060303

muted

#7A7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E181B

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

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