#281816

Color #281816

A muted very dark red.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 13.68 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-800 #2b2422 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#281816

RGB

rgb(40, 24, 22)

HSL

hsl(6.7, 29%, 12.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.7, 45%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 40%, 45%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(10.28, 7.72, 4.67)

LCH

lch(10.28, 9.02, 31.17)

OKLCH

oklch(23%, 0.0264, 27.05)

HWB

hwb(6.7, 8.6%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#162628

Analogous

#28161d

#281816

#282116

Triadic

#281816

#162818

#181628

Split-complementary

#281816

#162821

#161d28

Tetradic

#281816

#262816

#162628

#181628

Square

#281816

#1d2816

#162628

#211628

Shades

Color #281816 mixed toward black.

#211412

#1b100f

#140c0b

#0d0807

#070404

Tints

Color #281816 mixed toward white.

#583531

#88524b

#b0766f

#caa49f

#e5d1cf

Tones

Color #281816 mixed toward gray.

#271918

#251a19

#241c1b

#221d1c

#211e1e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.23:1

White text reads better on this background (17.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#222216 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#232417 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#271717 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#1c1c1c · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281816;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281816]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#281816 (#281816) is rgb(40, 24, 22) in RGB.

No, #281816 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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