#281b0a

Color #281b0a

A moderately saturated very dark orange.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 16.98 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-900 #1d1816 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#281b0a

RGB

rgb(40, 27, 10)

HSL

hsl(34, 60%, 9.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(34, 75%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 75%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(10.97, 3.99, 12.33)

LCH

lch(10.97, 12.96, 72.07)

OKLCH

oklch(23.4%, 0.0349, 71.98)

HWB

hwb(34, 3.9%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0a1728

Analogous

#280c0a

#281b0a

#26280a

Triadic

#281b0a

#0a281b

#1b0a28

Split-complementary

#281b0a

#0a2628

#0c0a28

Tetradic

#281b0a

#17280a

#0a1728

#1b0a28

Square

#281b0a

#0a280c

#0a1728

#280a26

Shades

Color #281b0a mixed toward black.

#211608

#1b1207

#140d05

#0d0903

#070402

Tints

Color #281b0a mixed toward white.

#654419

#a36e29

#d19547

#e0b884

#f0dcc2

Tones

Color #281b0a mixed toward gray.

#251b0c

#231a0f

#201a11

#1e1a14

#1b1916

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.25:1

White text reads better on this background (16.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#23230f · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#242511 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#271314 · ΔE 11.2

Achromatopsia

#1d1d1d · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281b0a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281b0a]

Related colors

Burlywood #deb887

Antique White #faebd7

Tan #d2b48c

Dark Orange #ff8c00

Bisque #ffe4c4

Navajo White #ffdead

Frequently asked questions

#281b0a (#281b0a) is rgb(40, 27, 10) in RGB.

No, #281b0a 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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