Information about #280B16 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #280B16 reads as a clearly saturated romantic rose and leans clearly toward the dark side. Expect to see shades like this in night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. 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).
In RGB terms — rgb(40, 11, 22) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #280B16 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 18.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.1:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:84) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. No one has named #280B16 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#280B16 color variations
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#280B16 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#280B16 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#280B16 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#280B16 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#280B16 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 #280B16 color
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Nearest named colors to #280B16
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#310C16
#211216
#271615
#1D1117
#1D1111
#1D111D
#211916
#28191D
#341515
#1A1110
#231107
#1D1711
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#280B16
- RGB40, 11, 22
- CMYK0, 11, 7, 84
- CSSrgb(40, 11, 22)
- HSL337°, 57%, 10%
- HSL Precise337.241°, 56.863%, 10%
- HSV337°, 73%, 16%
- HSB337°, 73%, 16%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.157
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.043
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.086
- GLSLvec3(0.157, 0.043, 0.086)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.157, 0.043, 0.086, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.157, 0.043, 0.086)
- Percentage of Red in RGB15.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB4.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB8.6%
- Color FamilyRose
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID280B16
- DECIMAL ID2624278
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
