#280d12

Color #280d12

A moderately saturated very dark red.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 16.46 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-900 #1d161e · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#280d12

RGB

rgb(40, 13, 18)

HSL

hsl(348.9, 50.9%, 10.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(348.9, 67.5%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 55%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(7.07, 14.62, 2.7)

LCH

lch(7.07, 14.87, 10.46)

OKLCH

oklch(20.4%, 0.0456, 10.5)

HWB

hwb(348.9, 5.1%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0d2823

Analogous

#280d20

#280d12

#28160d

Triadic

#280d12

#12280d

#0d1228

Split-complementary

#280d12

#0d2816

#0d2028

Tetradic

#280d12

#28230d

#0d2823

#0d1228

Square

#280d12

#20280d

#0d2823

#160d28

Shades

Color #280d12 mixed toward black.

#210b0f

#1b090c

#140709

#0d0406

#070203

Tints

Color #280d12 mixed toward white.

#61202c

#9b3246

#c75368

#da8c9a

#ecc6cd

Tones

Color #280d12 mixed toward gray.

#260f13

#241215

#211416

#1f1618

#1d1819

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.16:1

White text reads better on this background (18.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1f1f11 · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#202211 · ΔE 24.5

Tritanopia

#271010 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#161616 · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #280d12;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#280d12]

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Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#280d12 (#280d12) is rgb(40, 13, 18) in RGB.

No, #280d12 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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