#160000#160000

#160000 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.002; OKLCH L 12.6% C 0.052 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 20.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160000
RGB	rgb(22, 0, 0)
HSL	hsl(0, 100%, 4%)
HSV	hsv(0, 100%, 9%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 100%, 100%, 91.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(1.54, 6.91, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(1.54, 7.33, 19.41°)
OKLab	oklab(12.57% 0.045 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(12.57% 0.052 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(0.3309, 0.1706, 0.0155)
Luminance	0.0017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160000 #001616

analogous

#16000B #160000 #160B00

triadic

#160000 #001600 #000016

tetradic

#160000 #0B1600 #001616 #0B0016

square

#160000 #0B1600 #001616 #0B0016

split-complementary

#160000 #00160B #000B16

monochromatic

#1F0000 #1F0000 #1F0000 #530000 #900000

Accessibility & contrast

On white

20.31

#160000 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.03

#160000 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160000

20.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160000	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160000	1.00	20.31	1.03	20.31
#FFFFFF	20.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	20.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#040300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A0700

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A0000

Achromatopsia (no color)

#060606

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160000;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 0, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(12.6% 0.052 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524747',
    500: '#160000',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160000;
$custom-light: #524747;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160000",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 0,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 4.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.12571,
    "c": 0.05159,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160000

secondary

#116161

accent

#FFFF29

background

#F4F3F3

surface

#E7E5E5

border

#C3C1C1

text

#020000

muted

#787777

Preview Lab

Preview with #160000

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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