#1c1818

Color #1c1818

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark red.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 8.96 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-900 #1d1816 · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#1c1818

RGB

rgb(28, 24, 24)

HSL

hsl(0, 7.7%, 10.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 14.3%, 11%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 14.3%, 89%)

LAB

lab(8.71, 1.98, 0.72)

LCH

lch(8.71, 2.11, 19.98)

OKLCH

oklch(21.4%, 0.0064, 17.3)

HWB

hwb(0, 9.4%, 89%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#181c1c

Analogous

#1c181a

#1c1818

#1c1a18

Triadic

#1c1818

#181c18

#18181c

Split-complementary

#1c1818

#181c1a

#181a1c

Tetradic

#1c1818

#1c1c18

#181c1c

#18181c

Square

#1c1818

#1a1c18

#181c1c

#1a181c

Shades

Color #1c1818 mixed toward black.

#171414

#131010

#0e0c0c

#090808

#050404

Tints

Color #1c1818 mixed toward white.

#453b3b

#6e5e5e

#958484

#b9adad

#dcd6d6

Tones

Color #1c1818 mixed toward gray.

#1c1818

#1b1919

#1a1a1a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.19:1

White text reads better on this background (17.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1a1a18 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#1b1b18 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#1c1818 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#191919 · ΔE 2.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1c1818;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1c1818]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#1c1818 (#1c1818) is rgb(28, 24, 24) in RGB.

No, #1c1818 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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