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#2D160B Color

#2D160B is rgb(45, 22, 11) in RGB, hsl(19, 61%, 11%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 51%, 76%, 82%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Zinnwaldite Brown (#2C1608), below the threshold most people can see at ΔE 1.16. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#2D160B
HEX#2D160B
RGBrgb(45, 22, 11)
HSLhsl(19, 61%, 11%)
HSVhsv(19, 76%, 18%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 51%, 76%, 82%)
OKLCHoklch(23% 0.042 45.6)
LABlab(10.40% 11.04 11.27)
LCHlch(10.40% 15.77 45.59)

What #2D160B Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #2D160B, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every brown in the library.

#2D160B Channel Values

How #2D160B breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 45 · G 22 · B 118-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 19° · S 61% · L 11%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 19° · S 76% · V 18%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 51% · Y 76% · K 82%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance17.06:1 vs white · 1.23:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #2D160B background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text17.06:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text1.23:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #2D160B in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #2D160B

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #2D160B; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #2D160B

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #2D160B.

How #2D160B Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#2D160B
Protanopia#1B1B0B
Protanomaly#23190B
Deuteranopia#1F1F09
Deuteranomaly#251C0A
Tritanopia#2E1515
Tritanomaly#2D1511
Achromatopsia#1C1C1C

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #2D160B in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-2d160b: #2D160B;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #2D160B;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-2d160b': '#2D160B' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.176, green: 0.086, blue: 0.043)
Android XML<color name="color_2d160b">#2D160B</color>
SVG fillfill="#2D160B"

More Brown Colors

#2D160B sits in the brown family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#2D160B Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #2D160B?

#2D160B is a darkest brown — rgb(45, 22, 11) in RGB and hsl(19, 61%, 11%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Zinnwaldite Brown (#2C1608), which is below the threshold most people can see at a CIE76 distance of 1.16.

What is the RGB value of #2D160B?

#2D160B is rgb(45, 22, 11) — red 45, green 22, and blue 11 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #2D160B?

#2D160B converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 51%, 76%, 82%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #2D160B be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #2D160B scores 17.06:1 against white and 1.23:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #2D160B as a CSS color keyword?

No. #2D160B is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is black (#000000) at a CIE76 distance of 18.89, which is visibly different.

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