All About Color #281E1B

#281E1B

About #281E1B

#281E1B is a very dark red color with the hex code #281E1B. In RGB it is red 40, green 30, blue 27; in HSL it is hue 14°, saturation 19%, lightness 13%; in CMYK it is 0%, 25%, 33%, 84%. Its contrast ratio is 16.26:1 on white and 1.29:1 on black.

#281E1B Color Conversion

Hex triplet28, 1E, 1B
CMYK0.00%, 25.00%, 32.50%, 84.31%
RGB Decimal40, 30, 27
HSL14°, 19%, 13%
RGB Octal50, 36, 33
HSV (HSB)13.85°, 32.50%, 15.69%
RGB Binary101000, 11110, 11011
CIE-L*AB12.34, 4.27, 3.90
RGB Percent15.69%, 11.76%, 10.59%
CIE-L*CH12.34, 5.79, 42.40
XYZ1.54, 1.46, 1.24
CIE-L*UV12.34, 4.62, 2.50
xyY0.36, 0.34, 1.46
Hunter-Lab12.08, 1.58, 2.38
RYB15.69%, 12.12%, 10.59%

Color Accessibility Scores

#281E1B on a dark background: contrast 1.29:1, fails WCAG AA.
#281E1B on a light background: contrast 16.26:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #281E1B, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #281E1B. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#281E1B · #5E4740 · #0F0B0A · #1B2527 · #40575E

Analogous palette

#271B25 · #271B1E · #281E1B · #27241B · #25271B

Triadic palette

#281E1B · #1B271E · #1E1B27 · #5E4740 · #405E47

Tetradic palette

#281E1B · #1E271B · #1B2527 · #241B27 · #0F0B0A

Monochromatic palette

#0F0B0A · #0F0B0A · #281E1B · #55403A · #826359

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