#280a09

Color #280a09

A moderately saturated very dark red.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 17.28 Nearest Tailwind class red-950 #460809 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#280a09

RGB

rgb(40, 10, 9)

HSL

hsl(1.9, 63.3%, 9.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(1.9, 77.5%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 75%, 77.5%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(6.22, 15, 5.9)

LCH

lch(6.22, 16.12, 21.47)

OKLCH

oklch(19.6%, 0.0508, 24.9)

HWB

hwb(1.9, 3.5%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#092728

Analogous

#280917

#280a09

#281909

Triadic

#280a09

#09280a

#0a0928

Split-complementary

#280a09

#092819

#091728

Tetradic

#280a09

#272809

#092728

#0a0928

Square

#280a09

#172809

#092728

#190928

Shades

Color #280a09 mixed toward black.

#210807

#1b0706

#140504

#0d0303

#070201

Tints

Color #280a09 mixed toward white.

#671a17

#a52925

#d54743

#e38582

#f1c2c0

Tones

Color #280a09 mixed toward gray.

#250c0c

#230f0e

#201111

#1e1413

#1b1616

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.14:1

White text reads better on this background (18.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1e09 · ΔE 22.7

Deuteranopia

#202209 · ΔE 25.7

Tritanopia

#270909 · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#141414 · ΔE 15.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #280a09;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280a09]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#280a09 (#280a09) is rgb(40, 10, 9) in RGB.

No, #280a09 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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