Information about #280B1A color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #280B1A reads as a confidently colored romantic rose and leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Vandalista (#310C16). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Brown-Mallee (#211216) and Aida (#271615).
The recipe behind #280B1A is rgb(40, 11, 26), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #280B1A: 18.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.2:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:84), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #280B1A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#280B1A color variations
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#280B1A color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#280B1A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#280B1A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#280B1A color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#280B1A color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #280B1A color
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Nearest named colors to #280B1A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#310C16
#211216
#271615
#1D1117
#1D111D
#28191D
#2A1624
#1D1111
#1D001D
#211916
#341515
#281D19
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#280B1A
- RGB40, 11, 26
- CMYK0, 11, 5, 84
- CSSrgb(40, 11, 26)
- HSL329°, 57%, 10%
- HSL Precise328.966°, 56.863%, 10%
- HSV329°, 73%, 16%
- HSB329°, 73%, 16%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.157
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.043
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.102
- GLSLvec3(0.157, 0.043, 0.102)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.157, 0.043, 0.102, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.157, 0.043, 0.102)
- Percentage of Red in RGB15.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB4.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB10.2%
- Color FamilyRose
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID280B1A
- DECIMAL ID2624282
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
