#281616

Color #281616

A muted very dark red.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 13.84 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-800 #2b2422 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#281616

RGB

rgb(40, 22, 22)

HSL

hsl(0, 29%, 12.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 45%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 45%, 45%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(9.66, 9.16, 3.8)

LCH

lch(9.66, 9.92, 22.53)

OKLCH

oklch(22.5%, 0.0295, 19.6)

HWB

hwb(0, 8.6%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#162828

Analogous

#28161f

#281616

#281f16

Triadic

#281616

#162816

#161628

Split-complementary

#281616

#16281f

#161f28

Tetradic

#281616

#282816

#162828

#161628

Square

#281616

#1f2816

#162828

#1f1628

Shades

Color #281616 mixed toward black.

#211212

#1b0f0f

#140b0b

#0d0707

#070404

Tints

Color #281616 mixed toward white.

#583131

#884b4b

#b06f6f

#ca9f9f

#e5cfcf

Tones

Color #281616 mixed toward gray.

#271818

#251919

#241b1b

#221c1c

#211e1e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.22:1

White text reads better on this background (17.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#212116 · ΔE 15.7

Deuteranopia

#222416 · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#271616 · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#1b1b1b · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281616;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281616]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#281616 (#281616) is rgb(40, 22, 22) in RGB.

No, #281616 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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