#281b18

Color #281b18

A muted very dark red.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 13.53 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-800 #2b2422 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#281b18

RGB

rgb(40, 27, 24)

HSL

hsl(11.3, 25%, 12.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(11.3, 40%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 40%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(11.28, 5.89, 4.61)

LCH

lch(11.28, 7.48, 38.05)

OKLCH

oklch(23.7%, 0.0217, 33.32)

HWB

hwb(11.3, 9.4%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#182528

Analogous

#28181d

#281b18

#282318

Triadic

#281b18

#18281b

#1b1828

Split-complementary

#281b18

#182823

#181d28

Tetradic

#281b18

#252818

#182528

#1b1828

Square

#281b18

#1d2818

#182528

#231828

Shades

Color #281b18 mixed toward black.

#211614

#1b1210

#140d0c

#0d0908

#070404

Tints

Color #281b18 mixed toward white.

#563a34

#855a50

#ab7e74

#c7a9a2

#e3d4d1

Tones

Color #281b18 mixed toward gray.

#271c19

#251d1b

#241d1c

#231e1d

#211f1f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.26:1

White text reads better on this background (16.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#232319 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#242519 · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#271919 · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#1e1e1e · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #281b18;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#281b18]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Frequently asked questions

#281b18 (#281b18) is rgb(40, 27, 24) in RGB.

No, #281b18 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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