#160809#160809

#160809 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 15.7% C 0.025 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160809
RGB	rgb(22, 8, 9)
HSL	hsl(356, 47%, 6%)
HSV	hsv(356, 64%, 9%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 59.1%, 91.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.29, 4.96, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.29, 5.13, 14.90°)
OKLab	oklab(15.69% 0.0245 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(15.69% 0.025 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(0.4670, 0.3640, 0.3041)
Luminance	0.0036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160809 #081615

analogous

#160810 #160809 #160E08

triadic

#160809 #091608 #080916

tetradic

#160809 #101608 #081615 #0E0816

square

#160809 #101608 #081615 #0E0816

split-complementary

#160809 #08160E #081016

monochromatic

#160809 #160809 #160809 #43181B #70292E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.57

#160809 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.07

#160809 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160809

19.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160809	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160809	1.00	19.57	1.07	19.57
#FFFFFF	19.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B0A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E0D09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#180708

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0C0C0C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160809;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 8, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(15.7% 0.025 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524a4b',
    500: '#160809',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160809;
$custom-light: #524a4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160809",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 5.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.15693,
    "c": 0.02541,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160809

secondary

#29514E

accent

#D6CD51

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E7E7E7

border

#C3C3C3

text

#020101

muted

#787777

Preview Lab

Preview with #160809

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

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