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#281f02 color: Liquorice Root

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46°
100%

OKLCH

24.3%
0.047
92°
  • ≈ Graphite
  • Brown
  • Very dark
  • Soft
  • Warm
  • olive-900
  • Black 84%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text16.32:1 · AALc -106
Black text1.29:1 · Below AALc 0

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About #281f02

#281f02 is a soft very dark brown color. In OKLCH it has 24.3% lightness, 0.047 chroma and a hue of 92°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 16.32:1 contrast and black text 1.29:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Liquorice Root (#222200). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is olive-900.

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Lighter: #281f02 mixed with white

  1. 281f02
  2. 3a3218
  3. 4d462f
  4. 615b46
  5. 76705e
  6. 8c8677
  7. a29d91
  8. b8b5ab
  9. cfcdc7
  10. e7e6e2

Darker: #281f02 mixed with black

  1. 281f02
  2. 211901
  3. 1b1401
  4. 150f01
  5. 0f0a00
  6. 090600
  7. 040300
  8. 020100
  9. 010000
  10. 000000

Calmer: #281f02 with less saturation

  1. 281f02
  2. 271f05
  3. 261f09
  4. 26200d
  5. 252010
  6. 242013
  7. 232016
  8. 222018
  9. 22201b
  10. 21201e