#281b1b

Color #281b1b

A muted very dark red.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 13.31 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-800 #2b2422 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#281b1b

RGB

rgb(40, 27, 27)

HSL

hsl(0, 19.4%, 13.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 32.5%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 32.5%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(11.37, 6.44, 2.53)

LCH

lch(11.37, 6.92, 21.45)

OKLCH

oklch(23.8%, 0.0207, 18.87)

HWB

hwb(0, 10.6%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1b2828

Analogous

#281b21

#281b1b

#28211b

Triadic

#281b1b

#1b281b

#1b1b28

Split-complementary

#281b1b

#1b2821

#1b2128

Tetradic

#281b1b

#28281b

#1b2828

#1b1b28

Square

#281b1b

#21281b

#1b2828

#211b28

Shades

Color #281b1b mixed toward black.

#211616

#1b1212

#140d0d

#0d0909

#070404

Tints

Color #281b1b mixed toward white.

#543939

#805656

#a67b7b

#c3a7a7

#e1d3d3

Tones

Color #281b1b mixed toward gray.

#271c1c

#261d1d

#251e1e

#241f1f

#222020

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.26:1

White text reads better on this background (16.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#23231b · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#24251b · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#271b1b · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#1e1e1e · ΔE 8.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281b1b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281b1b]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#281b1b (#281b1b) is rgb(40, 27, 27) in RGB.

No, #281b1b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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