#2E181C#2E181C

#2E181C is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.036 H 8.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E181C
RGB	rgb(46, 24, 28)
HSL	hsl(349, 31%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(349, 48%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 39.1%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.40, 11.69, 1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.40, 11.85, 9.44°)
OKLab	oklab(24.07% 0.0355 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(24.07% 0.036 8.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.6630, 1.3181, 1.2652)
Luminance	0.0132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E181C #182E2A

analogous

#2E1827 #2E181C #2E1F18

triadic

#2E181C #1C2E18 #181C2E

tetradic

#2E181C #272E18 #182E2A #1F182E

square

#2E181C #272E18 #182E2A #1F182E

split-complementary

#2E181C #182E1F #18272E

monochromatic

#140A0C #140A0C #2E181C #562D34 #7E424D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.62

#2E181C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#2E181C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E181C

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E181C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E181C	1.00	16.62	1.26	16.62
#FFFFFF	16.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21201C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#321619

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e181c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 24, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.036 8.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685557',
    500: '#2e181c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e181c;
$custom-light: #685557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e181c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24073,
    "c": 0.03584,
    "h": 8.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E181C

secondary

#3F635C

accent

#C8B560

background

#F6F4F5

surface

#EBE8E9

border

#C6C4C5

text

#060303

muted

#7A7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E181C

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

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